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Jason Boesel, former drummer for Rilo Kiley and current Conor Oberst collaborator, has a solo record coming out next Tuesday. It’s called Hustler’s Son. You can pre-order it here. The album features contributions from Mystic Valley Band member Nik Freitas, Blake Mills (currently with Julian Casablancas),  producer Jonathan Wilson (Elvis Costello Momofuku and Jenny Lewis [...]

Everyone knows that the leader singer gets the most girls, followed by the drummer, followed by the keyboard player–it looks like Rilo Kiley’s Jason Boesel is moving up in the world of women. And music, too, I guess. For 15 years, Boesel pounded away at the skins, until he wrote his first song, “Hustler’s Song,” [...]