Altsounds — Mathieu Santos, bassist and founding member of chamber pop quintet Ra Ra Riot, is pleased to unveil "(I Just) Need To Know" from his solo debut Massachusetts 2010, recently released on Barsuk Records. The track, which sounds like a Beach Boys singl... more info

Altsounds — Mathieu Santos, bassist and founding member of chamber-pop quintet Ra Ra Riot, is pleased to release his latest track and second single from his critically acclaimed solo debut Massachusetts 2010, which is now available on Barsuk Records. This ti... more info

Altsounds — Mathieu Santos, bassist and founding member of chamber-pop quintet Ra Ra Riot, is pleased to release his latest track "Northern Mentality," but with some bangin' remix magic thrown in from Friendly Ghost. Download the track here courtesy of our frien... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Toby Tenenbaum, words by Andrew Sacher "The highlight had to be Ra Ra Riot coming on stage to "Raining Blood" m/" - Debbie Encalada Ra Ra Riot played a free Celebrate Brooklyn show, the second to last one... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Yesterday's big news about The Smiths having their songs turned into a comic book, left me with mixed feelings.  Of course, every time there is news about the Smiths, it's always a good day...but the more I thought about it, I became a little concer... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Eric Townsend, words by Andrew Sacher Ra Ra Riot are currently on a massive tour (with Guster?) that brought them to Ives Concert Park in Danbury, CT last night (8/3). It rained pretty hard the entire ourdoor show... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As mentioned, Music to Know Fest makes its debut in East Hampton, NY over the weekend of August 13-14, and features artists such as Vampire Weekend, Bright Eyes, Matt & Kim, Ra Ra Riot, Dawes, and others. Set times... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 2011 Truck America Festival, set to take place in the Catskills from Septeber 9-11, has been CANCELLED. The Hold Steady, Okkervil River, Ra Ra Riot, Wye Oak, The Felice Brothers, and many more were set to play what... more info

DrownedInSound — Since forming at the outset of 2006, New York based collective Ra Ra Riot have endured something of a stop-start existence. Here, DiS chats about the current record and the events of the past that ultimately shaped the band's future with bass player ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — After two successful albums as a member of Ra Ra Riot, Mathieu Santos has decided to step out into the spotlight with his own solo album Massachusetts 2010. The record comes out today August 2 via Barsuk, but you can listen to the entire album all t... more info