Ra Ra Riot

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Ra Ra Riot - Boy (new MP3) Scissor Sisters @ Mercury Lounge in 2008 (more by Kevin Tachman) today in NYC * CREED @ JONES BEACH * Mogwai screening @ MHOW * Shelley Burgon @ The Stone * Ra... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ra Ra Riot at Union Hall (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) According to various interweb mapping sources, the distance from Syracuse to NYC is right around 4 1/2 hours. With the amount of appearances that Ra Ra Riot will make... more info

MVSW — Ra Ra Riot ~ “Boy” www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKGfQCOyCCA views:4,732 Can someone explain the cats? “Boy” is the first single off of Ra Ra Riot‘s new album, The Orchard, which is due out this Tuesday (8/24). Ra Ra Riot will be playing the Musi... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-28 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre 09-04 Edmonton, Alberta - Northlands Grounds (Sonic Boom Festival) 09-06 Cologne, Germany - Luxor 09-07 Utrecht, Netherlands - Ekko 09-08 London, England - Cargo 09-09 Glasgow, Scotland - Stereo 0... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-20 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop08-21 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival08-27 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival08-28 Reading, England - Reading Festival09-04 Portlaoise, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival09-09 Belfast, Northern Ireland - ... more info

Altsounds — After stunning American audiences with his powerful solo performances, Villagers' frontman Conor J. O'Brien has confirmed his first ever full band North American tour supporting the Mercury Prize-nominated debut, 'Becoming a Jackal' (Domino Recor... more info

Stereogum — Ra Ra Riot debuted the video for The Orchard’s first single “Boy.” It stars the band, one friendly cat, and a bunch of patient lighting assistants. Watch: The Orchard is out 8/24 via Barsuk. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Gabi Porter, words by Rachel Kowal After Young Man, the second act of the evening, We Barbarians, stepped up the intensity with their pounding drums and deeper and more desperate vocals. In between songs, Young Man talked enthusiastically..... more info

Stereogum — We posted a live video of Ra Ra Riot playing “Too Dramatic” at 2009’s Noise Pop Festival in their Progress Report for upcoming LP The Orchard. Now you can hear the longtime live staple in studio form: (via Some Kind Of Awesome via Vulture) T... more info

NME - The Daily Download — There are a bunch of great mixtapes on the Web this week, so we've found the best ones for you, along with a few other free track downloads. Have at them, and share your thoughts below. 1. Ra Ra Riot – ‘Boy’ New York indie-rockers Ra Ra Riot w... more info