What better place to see Rilo than at First Avenue, the setting of Purple Rain?

The show was, once again, really fun — extra fun to see them with Jamie and Erin. The only downside was that they played the same setlist as the previous night. The upside was that this show included a blacklight. And new outfits – well, at least for the females.

I have to say once again, that I’m loving Smoke Detector, Breakin’ Up, and Fifteen live. Also, Jenny refers to Give A Little Love as an ode to LL Cool J. As much as they tried to do a more rock live version of the song, there were still clearly some slow-jam head bobs from the band with accompanied slow jam expressions on their faces (read: confident, sexy, smooth, a little attitude — pursed lips and near squinting).

I also wanted to note that I thought the opening band Grand Ole Party was really good. Their album, Humanimals was produced by Blake Sennett. Check it out if you get the chance…they have a MySpace page where you can hear a few songs. The lead singer has a strong, distinctive voice, and she plays drums. There are also two guitarists named John Paul and Mike. They’re from San Diego and their songs are pretty catchy and danceable in a rock way.

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