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One
might mistake Numbers as a Goth club with its painted black exterior
and its imaginative interior decorating scheme: all black. Despite the
occasional lyric dealing with death, Rilo Kiley is anything but
Goth. Their mix of rock, pop, country, and folk makes for a fresh sound,
and the kids (as well as a couple of *ahem* older folks) joyously devour
it. From the moment the band hits the stage to the moment they leave,
the crowd sings along, grins ear to ear, and yells appreciative remarks
throughout the show. The group of prom-skipping girls punctuated the
gaps between songs with regular team shouts of “Hi, Blake!”
in honor of guitarist Blake Sennett who took to referring to
them as “his people.”
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Hitting
the stage with the usual intro lifted from the Takeoffs And Landings
song Plane Crash In C, the band segued quickly into the lead off
track from More Adventurous, It’s A Hit. “Any
chimp can play human for a day, using his opposable thumbs to iron his
uniform, and run for office on election day, and fancy himself a real
decision maker…” Singer Jenny Lewis’ indirect
dig at the President (prior to the election, her keyboard sported a Kerry/Edwards
sticker) segued into Hail To Whatever You Found In The Sunlight That
Surrounds You, from their sophomore CD, The Execution Of All Things.
The live version of this song devolves into an extended jam with everyone
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