Pierre de Reeder, bassist for Rilo Kiley, recently participated in an interview for the Pop Wreck blog. He has been busy promoting his fantastic, and long awaited solo record entitled ‘The Way It Was’. In this interview Pierre talks about his new album, as well as his involvement with the Yellow Bird Project!

You can read his interview here.

See the YBP t-shirt which he designed for Rilo Kiley here.

You can listen to some songs off his new album here.

And, you can BUY his album here!

I first discovered the Yellow Bird Project tees about a year and a half ago. I bookmarked the site on my toolbar and vowed to make a purchase with my next paycheck.  Fast-forward a year- I’d forgotten about the site and my resolution until I rediscovered the bookmarked page.  By this time a few more tees were available. I knew if I didn’t buy a tee at that moment I’d keep putting it off.  It’s not hard to justify the purchase, since the charity gets 100% of the profit. The more I thought about the more convinced I was of the cause. I bought two: The Broken Social Scene tee and The National.  I also bought a Rilo Kiley tee for my best friends birthday (they make perfect gifts)! 

When I wear my shirt I feel like I’m making more than just a fashion statement- I feel I’m contributing and bringing awareness to a good cause.  I wear my shirts with pride and in doing so have initiated some pretty rad conversations with people. 

Thank you Yellow Bird Project!

-Ingrid Miller

A big YBP thanks goes out to Allison and the kind folks at Weber Shandwick, for generously purchasing a dozen Rilo Kiley tees to support Free Arts for Abused Children. They uploaded this cool photograph into our photo gallery, and if you look closely you can see that one of these t-shirts has been signed by every member of the band!

With the release of Rilo Kiley’s fourth studio album they totally changed the pace on us, but the results are incredible! Here is a youtube smattering of some of the songs from their new cd entitled “Under the Blacklight”. You can purchase the CD from insound here.

Dreamworld

Click on the links below to watch the videos:

Silver Lining
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Under The Blacklight (Acoustic)

We have been having some heated debates over here at YBP, about who has done some of the best Elliott Smith covers, and whether or not they do justice to his songs. Watch some of his great masterpieces covered in passionate ways by some of our favourite bands, and let us know which one you like most! xo, YBP Team.

PS: While you’re here, check out Rilo Kiley’s t-shirt, which raises money for the Elliott Smith Memorial Fund.