Rilo Kiley 成立於1998年，來自美國洛杉磯的樂隊Rilo Kiley發表的每張專輯都大受Indie粉絲的歡迎和喜愛。女主唱 Jenny Lewis的聲線是吸引樂迷的主要因素，反戰歌曲《It's A Hit》中Jenny Lewis的天才演唱技巧得到了完美體現，前一秒鐘她像一個溫柔的小女人，后一秒鐘她卻搖身一變為硬朗的女強人，然而這樣的轉變卻沒有任何雕琢的痕迹，甚至於讓你覺得那是再自然不過的事情，這種爆發力就是 Jenny Lewis的特點，不是每個個人都具備，也不是想學就學得來的。
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\/\/做的很好玩兒。內容很豐富的葉子\/\/
來自u.s的l.a的rilo kiley,
是由1女3男 女主唱Jenny Lewis、吉他手
Blake Sennett、
貝斯Pierre De Reeder 、鼓手
Jason Boesel組成的indie rock band,準確些應該還
包括
indie pop和country folk,聽起來,rilo kiley的聲音非一
般的清新，但個別的作品中，還是帶有那麼一點的硬朗，曲
風上面，rilo kiley主要還是以nylon guitar為主，因此很多
作品中，都總有些country folk的味道，再配合上柔弱
而堅韌的聲線，整體感覺上,rilo kiley的作品中
我們不難去感受一種積極向上的氛圍,
一些令人興奮的曲調....
/\/\民謠味道。柔弱而堅韌的獨立聲線/\/\
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\/\/做的很好玩兒。內容很豐富的葉子\/\/
·樂隊名字的由來·
四個年輕人將自己的樂隊名為Rilo Kiley，這個名字常常會讓人誤以為是個獨唱歌手，其實它來源於一個相當悲傷的真實故事：Ben Rilo和Stephen Kiley曾是一所中學里的一對同性戀人，後來被學校開除，在兩人最後一次纏綿過後，他們選擇在家鄉附近的鐵軌上卧軌而死。樂隊成員為了紀念這兩個男孩，便取了他們的姓氏作為自己的樂隊名稱。
Q. How did they get their name?
A. There are a few theories on this, but not really a definitive answer.
Pierre and
Jason both insist that "Rilo Kiley" has no real meaning, but most fans suspect it does and they just wanna keep it secret. Some say they just picked it randomly and liked the way it sounded. Some say it's a switch-a-roo on the common Irish name Kyle O'Riley. Dave Rock once claimed during a radio interview that Rilo Kiley was the name of a pair of siamese twins from the early 20th century.. and that they picked it as the name due to something about the bandmembers being so close and never being separated (ironically, he left the band not long after!). Another theory is it was the name of a Scottish architect. Some say it's named after an imaginary pet dragon Blake had as a child. Okay, I made that last one up.
An article in Performer Magazine (2001) said this..
[T]he band got their name from a the tragic tale of two exiled, gay, high school football players, Ben Rilo and Stephen Kiley, who committed suicide in 1909 on the railroad tracks just outside of their mid-western town after making love for the last time. As a tribute to the two young men the band members adopted the name Rilo Kiley, which is also the name of the crossing where the two young men met their end.
Huh? Seriously? Who knows. That's a sad story.
Here's a another little story, this from Rilo fan, Eric..
At the Westwood in-store show we asked [what the name meant]. Jenny actually. She started to say how it was about some dream Blake had had once, he was
packing up equipment on the other side of the stage, overheard, and yelled over not to listen to her, that she was just messing with our heads. So she said, she'd wanted to name them after her parent's band in the 70's "Love's Way", but that we'd have to ask Blake about Rilo Kiley. So we marched over to him a little later, and he claimed it was after some innovative architect he'd gotten into at the time. I like the dream story better myself.
And Lauren adds, "I think
jenny often makes up stories when people ask her about where the name Rilo Kiley came from. I asked her at a show about a year ago, and she told me that they got it from a Jethro Tull song!"
Rilo Kiley怎樣發音？
Rilo的發音規則類似於“high-low”，Kiley則類似“smiley”.
Q. How do you pronounce Rilo Kiley's name?
A. Long I's... rilo like "high-low", and kiley like "smiley".
