KEXP Seattle — It’s hard to believe the upstate NY band Ra Ra Riot are only on their second album. Not only have songs like “Can You Tell” and “Dying Is Fine” have been featured regularly on KEXP for the past few years, but the five-member band sound like... more info

Detroit Free Press — RA RA RIOT: Hailing from Syracuse, N.Y., the two string players in this six-piece band add a bit of chamber-pop to the group's indie-rock sound. It arrives in Ann Arbor tonight in support of its latest release, "The Orchard." Chikita Violenta an... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield While Pavement was waving goodbye across town, Ra Ra Riot played Music Hall of Williamsburg with Anamanaguchi on 9/24. It was RRR's fourth and final show of their residency across two venues (Bowery pics from night... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dominick Mastrangelo they played w/ Ra Ra Riot Wednesday night @ Bowery Ballroom Just four years ago Ra Ra Riot was playing house parties in Syracuse, NY. Then, the mostly alum college band landed a tour with The... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Andrew St. Clair Ra Ra Riot Syracuse, N.Y., band Ra Ra Riot borrowed elements from the Cure, the Smiths and New Order -- though much less morose -- and molded them into a string-filled sound that embodied indie... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ra Ra Riot @ Sound Fix in August (more by Andrew St. Clair) Move over Pavement, Syracuse band Ra Ra Riot kick off their own four-night run of shows in NYC tonight (9/21), each with their own special guest opener...... more info

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KEXP Seattle — From the final day of our broadcast from the Music Lounge during the 40th anniversary of the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival — check out the melodic orchestral pop of Ra Ra Riot, the stripped down and soulful sound of The Moondoggies, the seduc... more info

KEXP Seattle — Syracuse, New York’s Ra Ra Riot are a musical force to be reckoned with. While still relatively young, the band has been together since 2006 and share similar story to a lot of younger bands who’ve met and formed in college. Fortunately for us, t... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Binghamton folk have told me that Ra Ra Riot are supposedly coming to play at my school sometime this month. If this comes true, I will be more than ecstatic. I can’t get enough of their single “Boy” (along with the rest of their new album). I ... more info