A new two-day festival, Music To Know, launches this August in East Hampton, New York with appropriate headliners Vampire Weekend and Bright Eyes along with Cold War Kids, Matt & Kim, Chromeo, Tame Impala, Ra Ra Riot, and M. Ward, among others. Vampire Weekend’s appearance is one of their few planned shows this year. Take [...]

The Morning Benders remixed Ra Ra Riot’s “Too Dramatic” for a single of the same name. They mellowed out the The Orchard track, slowed it down, made it echo “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” Which is what they do. This is what it sounds like:Ra Ra Riot – “Too Dramatic (The Morning Be...

Ra Ra Riot and Nike got together to record a little black & white promo, where you learn a few pieces of band trivia: the band name was a last-minute choice that they were supposed to change, band members have dreams of one day getting separate hotel rooms, and, the band’s two female members Rebecca [...]

We Barbarians have announced that they will hit the road this fall with Ra Ra Riot for a US tour.

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.