Wes Miles, the leader of the indie rock band Ra Ra Riot, remembers how much fun he had staying home from school because it afforded him the opportunity to watch science-fiction movies. He would watch ...

Ra Ra Riot (who no longer count Alexandra Lawn as a member) will release their third full length, Beta Love, on January 22 via Barsuk. The album was produced by Dennis Herring (Modest Mouse, The Hives ...

Ra Ra Riot have planned an extensive tour of the US and Canada this fall in support of their new album, The Orchard, which comes out August 24th on Barsuk Records. There will be four shows in New York ...

In music, there is a quantifiable and habitual science behind the “dud.” Most duds — which I define as a compelling band’s least compelling (and therefore shittiest) album release — will predictably ...

The single was co-written and produced by their friend and longtime collaborator Rostam Batmanglij (Remi Wolf, Carly Rae Jepsen, HAIM), mixed by Andrew Maury (Madi Diaz, Tegan and Sara, Shawn Mendes), ...

Upon beginning to stream Ra Ra Riot’s latest release, “Beta Love,” the sound bursting from my speakers came as a shock. For one, that I can even describe the sound as “bursting” is completely new. Ra ...

Ra Ra Riot formed as a college rock band at Syracuse University 10 years ago with the modest goal of playing some house parties around campus. But when their baroque rock sound and feisty live shows ...

After five years, indie-rock band Ra Ra Riot have released a new single, “The Wish,” co-written and produced by Rostam Batmanglij. Ra Ra Riot is renowned for both their cultivation of live music ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook There are a lot of bands out there doing the whole artsy-twee collegiate thing. But at the Blind ...

Back in May, indie staples Ra Ra Riot returned from a semi-hibernation with “The Wish,” produced by Rostam Batmanglij — a move that recalled the short-lived but never forgotten late-aughts project ...

Timeless rockers The Shins and indie upstarts Ra Ra Riot will play MontBleu on May 11 as part of their nationwide spring tour. The Shins began in 1996 as a side project for singer/songwriter James ...