Live Daily — Indie rockers Ra Ra Riot [ tickets ] will divide their summer touring plans between a US headlining run and opening gigs for Andrew Bird and Death Cab for Cutie. The roadwork begins with a solo appearance July 8 in Interlochen, MI, followed by a r... more info

Chorus.fm — *Ra Ra Riot* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/rarariot) will tour with *Maps & Atlases (http://www.absolutepunk.net/mapsandatlases)* and *Princeton (http://www.myspace.com/princetonmusic)* in the fall. Dates are in the replies. more info

Rolling Stone — Last year’s American Idol champ David Cook extends The Declaration Tour through August and adds a gig at New York’s Central Park for the GMA Summer Concert series. Plus, Journey and new singer Arnel Pineda continue their support of last year’s ... more info

Pasta Primavera — I love me some Cale Parks.  Just when my admiration of the fab album of his, Sparklace, was starting to fade, he drops this bomb remix of Ra Ra Riot’s “Dying Is Fine”.  If you need a stuttering bass drum beat to break you out of that endl... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — For the acquainted: here is a 4-track sampler of the forthcoming Discovery record released on July 6th. It includes two new songs as well as the previously heard 'Osaka Loop Line' and 'Orange Shirt'.For the unacquainted: Take one member of Vampire W... more info

Abeano — Ever wondered what would have happened if Postal Service had made a follow up to the wonderful ‘Give Up’ ? But informed less by indie and emo and more the kind of modern day r’n‘b vibes more closely associated with the likes of R.... more info

Music for Robots — Discovery - Orange Shirt. Listen; I know this is everywhere today, but who honestly cares. The fact is that this song is way too fun to ignore. One of the more interesting things is how unlike Ra Ra Riot and Vampire Weekend it is. Those are both fine... more info

Stereogum — Aloha drummer/composer/multi-instrumentalist Cale Parks has successfully stepped out on his own for a couple of full-lengths over the past few years, and this remix of Ra Ra Riot's "Dying Is Fine" comes in advance of his new EP of original tunes, To ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris Graham As you may have heard by now, Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij and Ra Ra Riot's Wes Miles have a group called Discovery who have an album coming out on XL Recordings on July 7th. Guests on... more info

JamBase — Dfest's Second Round Headliners Announced Including Cake, Mates of State, Ra Ra Riot, Dengue Fever & More Cake The largest music festival and conference in the Midwest today announced the second round of artists to headline this year's event.... more info