When Ra Ra Riot released their second album “The Orchard”in 2010, there was a strong enough connection to their debut album “The Rhumb Line”that we could start to ease into a sort of comfort ability ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bad weather forced the opening volley of the Wiswall Park Concert Series indoors last Thursday, but it didn’t put a damper on the party, as Sirsy and Ra Ra Riot rocked the second floor of the Factory ...

Following on from our first 'DiS likes'_ Ra Ra Riot piece last week, we thought it'd be nice to share some shiny new(ish) video content of the very same band performing live, for your viewing pleasure ...

Ra Ra Riot are back with their first song in five years. Listen to “The Wish” below. Rostam Batmanglij, whose former Vampire Weekend bandmates are playing a handful of shows with Ra Ra Riot, co-wrote ...

Last night, Park City Live concertgoers experienced the definition of an electrifying rock show, as Ra Ra Riot and The Shins set the bar for summer concerts to come.--- Clock... Last night, Park City ...

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 ...

New York's Ra Ra Riot has had a lot to deal with in the last year with the mysterious death of their drummer and founding member, John Pike. They decided to stay together as a band and finished their ...

Fusing cellos with keyboards and big vocal hooks, melodic chamber pop sextet Ra Ra Riot have long been compared to contemporaries like Vampire Weekend and Death Cab for Cutie. It's a fair assessment; ...

Nineteen years ago, Alexandra Lawn started playing the cello because she attended Montessori school, and every child—in the name of fostering one's creativity—was ...