Rilo Kiley: Marquee, London
Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 19 March 2005
"YOU ROCK!" SQUEALED AN AMERICAN VOICE, in a fit of either delusion or rank flattery. What this country-influenced LA quartet notably don't do is rock. They mope, swoon and sometimes nudge themselves into a stuttering canter, but rocking isn't on the menu. Maybe the excited fan was just fired up by the inexplicable acclaim surrounding Rilo Kiley.
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