BMI Pick of the Month

Shown at the show are, l to r: BMI's Myles Lewis; Rilo Kiley's Blake Sennett, Jenny Lewis and Jason Boesel; BMI's Tracie Verlinde and Tony George. Photo: Randall Michaelson.

Rilo Kiley's audiences have a strong tendency to fall in love on the spot.

Perhaps it's their beaming faces or dry, wry way. Or maybe it's just their uncanny knack for designing nuanced pop songs and performing them with flair. Maybe it's lead singers Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennet's onstage banter and scissors-sharp wit. Whatever that little something extra is, Los Angeles, CA's Rilo Kiley has it times ten.

It didn't take much for the burgeoning Omaha, NE, Saddle Creek music scene (home to talent like Bright Eyes, The Faint, Cursive, Desaparecidos and The Good Life) to catch on to Rilo Kiley. As one of only a few bands from outside of Omaha to be signed to the label, they've been warmly welcomed. Produced by mainstay Saddle Creek producer Mike Mogis, The Execution of All Things features many of Rilo Kiley's loving labelmates on the album.