Ra Ra Riot’s remix of Freelance Whales’ 2010 single, “Hannah”, sounds a lot more like Discovery (lead singer Wes Miles’ side project with Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij) than anything else. In fact, I’m positive I hear some of the same effects from “Osaka Loop Line” in here. And that’s very much OK. The [...]

For those of you in or around the LA LA Land metro area, you should definitely probably go to the Make Music Pasadena fest this summer. Your favorite bands are playing! Best Coast, The Morning Benders, Ra Ra Riot, Kisses, and Zola Jesus are among the initial acts announced today for the free music celebration [...]

It’s fair to say that Ra Ra Riot had a little trouble matching the irresistible charm of their debut LP with last year’s The Orchard. It’s also fair to say that The Morning Benders may have produced a remix of album highlight, “Too Dramatic”, that’s better than the original. Yes? (Stereogum premiere)

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Ra Ra Riot’s The Orchard may have been a slightly disappointing follow-up to 2008’s Rhumb Line (one of my favorites from that year), but this remix of “Too Dramatic” (via the Exclaim premiere) by Ontario’s The Most Serene Republic pianist, Ryan Lenssen, is highly lovable. The bands have a few joint shows coming up in [...]

In their latest video, “Boy”, Ra Ra Riot turn an empty lot into an orchestral indie-pop party of lights. The Syracuse band’s sophomore LP, The Orchard, is due August 24, and is now streaming in its entirety, below, courtesy of NPR.

We (the internets) previously got a little taste of the string driven, “Too Dramatic”, via Ra Ra Riot’s #2 promo clip for their upcoming sophomore, The Orchard. Another indie-pop gem from the Syracuse band, this one definitely one-ups the first single, “Boy.” The Orchard is due August 24. (SKOA)

I spent the majority of Tuesday on a couple of planes headed back to the best coast (zing), and enjoyed my complimentary Sirius Satellite Radio through-out the duration of the journey. This included my first listen of Ra Ra Riot’s “Boy” on XMU. Sometime between my trip to the airport and my connecting flight out [...]

Ra Ra Riot offer up another promising preview of their sophomore album, The Orchard, via the above teaser clip with a snippet of new track, “Too Dramatic.” I’m looking forward to another incredible LP that hopefully won’t be as underrated as the last. The Orchard is due August 24 on Barsuk. Surely more teaser clips [...]

Ra Ra Riot were just a few blocks from my apartment last weekend at that Beach Ballyhoo festival, but I missed them because life (happens). My intro for this post, therefor, is shot! However, I’m 98% sure that they played new music from their upcoming sophomore album, The Orchard, and got everyone really excited for [...]

If you’re in Los Angeles this weekend or if you live 10 blocks from the Santa Monica pier (ME!), here are some reasons why you should hit up the Pacsun Summer Solstice Beach Ballyhoo: It’s free, B.o.B, Ra Ra Riot, Matt & Kim, Minus the Bear, Santa Monica pier, ocean, sun, beach, the freeness. Yeah, [...]