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Lilys

Indie band from Washington, DC · formed 1988

Lilys photo
Photo from the public record
Shows on record
5
Rooms played
5
Cities
4
Releases
25
Last show
Jan 19, 2022The Chapel

About

Lilys is a band from Washington, DC, formed in 1988, tagged indie rock, shoegaze, the lost generation by its sources. Shows on record run from 2002 to 2022, across 5 rooms in 4 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

5 on record · Songkick
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Shows per year

  1. 20021 show
  2. 20091 show
  3. 20151 show
  4. 20171 show
  5. 20221 show
Show history
DateVenue
Jan 19, 2022The Chapel · San FranciscoHeadlinerwith Toner
Feb 3, 2017Starlite Lounge · SacramentoHeadlinerwith Dead Heavens, Vasas, Desario, +1
Oct 17, 2015Baby's All Right · BrooklynHeadlinerwith Jessica Lea Mayfield, Martin Courtney, Frankie Cosmos, +11
Nov 24, 2009Bottom of the Hill · San FranciscoHeadlinerwith Astral, LSD and the Search for God
Oct 12, 2002Axis · BostonSupportwith Sonic Youth, Damon & Naomi, Mark Dwinell, +32

Where they play

5 rooms in 4 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • San Francisco2 shows
  • Boston1 show
  • Brooklyn1 show
  • Sacramento1 show

Releases

25 releases, 1991–2012
  • Well Traveled Is Protest / Comb My Hair

    2012 · Single

  • Well Travelled Is Protest

    2012 · Single

  • A Diana’s Diana

    2006 · Single

  • Everything Wrong Is Imaginary

    2006 · Album

  • Live at Maxwell's 6/05/04

    2004 · Album

  • Precollection

    2004 · Single

  • Precollection

    2003 · Album

  • The Lilys

    2002 · Album

  • Selected

    2001 · Ep

  • Split

    2000 · Album

  • The Lilys / Aspera Ad Astra

    2000 · Album

  • Bliss Out, Volume 15: Zero Population Growth

    1999 · Album

  • The 3 Way

    1999 · Album

  • Zero Population Growth (Bliss Out Volume 15)

    1999

  • Services (For the Soon to Be Departed)

    1997 · Ep

  • The Best Thing / A Nanny in Manhattan

    1997 · Single

  • A Nanny in Manhattan

    1996 · Single

  • Better Can't Make Your Life Better

    1996 · Album

  • Returns Every Morning / Touch the Water

    1996 · Single

  • Which Studies the Past?

    1996 · Single

  • Eccsame the Photon Band

    1994 · Album

  • A Brief History of Amazing Letdowns

    1993 · Ep

  • Tone Bender

    1993 · Ep

  • In the Presence of Nothing

    1992 · Album

  • February Fourteenth

    1991 · Single

Lineup

  • Robert Andreano
  • Dana Cerick
  • Rich Costey
  • Mike Deming
  • Art Difuria
  • Bryan Dilworth
  • Harold Evans
  • Dave Frank
  • Mike Glasgow
  • Alex Hacker
  • Mike Hammel
  • Kurt Heasley
  • Ken Heitmueller
  • Matt Horn
  • Michael Johnson
  • Tommy Joyner
  • Trevor Kampmann
  • Steve Keller
  • Gerhardt Koerner
  • Mike Lenert
  • Mario "Pel" Lopez
  • Chris McAllen
  • Thom Monahan
  • Archie Moore
  • Mike Musmanno
  • Paul "Pablo" Naomi
  • Torben Pastore
  • Don Piper
  • Christopher Powell
  • James "Fuzzy" Sangiovane
  • Trish Scearce
  • Dave Shuman
  • Beth Sorrentino
  • Jay Sorrentino
  • Aaron Sperske
  • Mickey Walker

Former

  • Don Devore

Airplay

  • KEXP airplay: 48+ plays, 2006-06-04–2026-09-28 — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Sean) — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'The Midday Show' (Cheryl Waters) — KEXP
What each source supplied
SourceUsed for
MusicBrainzArtist facts
WikipediaArtist facts
Lilys on Last.fmArtist facts
Lilys on DiscogsArtist facts
Lilys on GeniusArtist facts
KEXPAirplay
SongkickShow history
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
GeniusCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
WikidataCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.