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Jenny Lewis (born January 8, 1976, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an indie folk singer/songwriter/guitarist, who is best known for being the lead singer and guitarist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley. She has released two solo albums, 2006’s “Rabbit Fur Coat” (with The Watson Twins) and 2008’s “Acid Tongue”. She is also a former child actress.

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In 1995, she formed the band Rilo Kiley along with her friends Pierre De Reeder, Blake Sennett and Dave Rock (later replaced by Jason Boesel). Beginning with a sound, Rilo Kiley gravitated toward a downbeat indie rock sound, and with their 2004 album More Adventurous found widespread success. Critics such as Pitchforkmedia attributed this to the “wise” decision to front Lewis on most of the songs (on earlier albums, Sennett contributed about half the vocals). The song “Portions for Foxes” was a hit, and in 2005 the band was picked up by Warner Bros., putting them on a major label for the first time. They opened for Coldplay on their U.S. tour in 2005.

In 2002, Lewis was asked to contribute some female vocals for The Postal Service, whose album Give Up was an international success. Lewis performed in the video for the hit “We Will Become Silhouettes”, and toured with the band in 2003. Lewis also contributed vocals to several tracks on the 2004 Cursive album The Ugly Organ.
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  • lewiskendell

    Jenny > Jenny & Johnny

    Friday afternoon

  • Unknowingly

    let me love you, jenny. let me love you. (also, new record?)

    March 2012

  • lizzysaysplay

    GIMME MORE!

    January 2012

  • TheBenRobot

    happy birthday!

    January 2012

  • sawaawawa

    jenny you complete and awaken me

    December 2011

  • RememberingAir

    Here role in The Postal Service goes rather uncredited

    November 2011

  • hitthisss

    i suppose jenny and johnny are planning on having solo records next, and the rilo kiley compilation is on it's way... i hope.

    October 2011

  • pondrafi

    this girl is just amazing

    October 2011
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