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August 19, 2008

New Ra Ra Riot Live Video - "Too Too Too Fast"

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Syracuse's Barsuk signees Ra Ra Riot recently swarmed their hometown in hopes to find a nice attic to film some songs. Apparently their personal attics weren't big enough, because the troupe, along with directors Taryn Gould and Emily Kowalcyzk, went door to door, knocking and asking, looking for a space that could house a band with their sprawl, finally convincing "a summer student that digs music" to let them set up shop and set some stuff to tape. Watching them fall over themselves to the giddy synth pop of "Too Too Too Fast" reminds me of live sets from similarly sized contemporaries and collectives like Le Loup and Los Campesinos!, except here we get to see it in multi-camera angles. And for free.

If you're in NYC tonight and want to see them do the live thing for free again, you can catch the band at their in store at the Virgin in Union Square at 7PM. If not, there are some more chances. These will cost you:

08/22 - Baltimore, MD @ Soundgarden
08/25 - Paris, France @ Casino De Paris
08/26 - London, UK @ Madame Jojo's
08/27 - London, UK @ Water Rats Theatre

Portable Riot:

Ra Ra Riot - "Dying Is Fine" (MP3)

The Rhumb Line is out via Barsuk.

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I'll say it once and I'll say it 100 times...that chick is HOT.

Posted by: Matt at 08/19/08 2:19 PM | Reply
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but there's 2 girls. i really like this band, but I think this might be my least favorite track on the album

Posted by: chris at 08/19/08 2:33 PM | Reply
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this is my least favorite song on the record too, but this live performance is way better than the album version. killer.

Posted by: the206 at 08/19/08 2:47 PM | Reply
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This track is actually one of the favorites on the album.

Posted by: Chaz at 08/19/08 3:27 PM | Reply
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so damn good live, love this band

Posted by: bobby at 08/19/08 4:17 PM | Reply
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the live vid for dying is fine is over at pitchfork, though i think i like this one better

Posted by: magnus at 08/19/08 4:35 PM | Reply
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Does anyone else find it weird that their new drummer looks just like John Pike?

Posted by: michael at 08/19/08 4:56 PM | Reply
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FACT:

Ra Ra Rasputin of Washington DC are still the only "Ra Ra" band that matters.

Ra Ra Riot? yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn

Posted by: Colonel K at 08/19/08 7:24 PM | Reply
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Those shakers scramble my brains

Posted by: eric at 08/19/08 10:05 PM | Reply
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Yeah, the girls are hot. But holy shit is this great.

Posted by: ZK at 08/19/08 10:56 PM | Reply
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Ra Ra Rasputin suck. Please don't post about your own band. YAWNNNN

Posted by: Robbie at 08/20/08 3:59 AM | Reply
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i love this band so dearly. i concur though that this isn't the best track on the album but it doesn't matter because that album is so good, and they are so good live! i went to that show at virgin megastore yesterday, and i wish they had played longer.

Posted by: genevieve at 08/20/08 7:49 AM | Reply
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syracuse rEpRaZeNt

Posted by: grover at 08/20/08 8:58 PM | Reply
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This is one of my fave songs after hearing it live a couple of times, but the recorded version is kind of lacking. I prefer to listen their Woxy version.

Posted by: Jenn profile link at 08/21/08 10:50 AM | Reply
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this band is awesome! they are like the best from Third Eye Blind's "Blue" mixed with Stars and a little Death Cab for good measure

Posted by: robert at 08/21/08 8:28 PM | Reply
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I saw them in a sweaty little Larimer Lounge in Denver a few months back and this was my favorite new song they did....that synth hook (can we call it that?) sticks in your head.

Posted by: browneheather profile link at 08/27/08 12:47 AM | Reply
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God, I love this band. Alex is so cute at the end of the video.

Posted by: Megan at 09/04/08 1:48 PM | Reply
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BOTH chicks are hot.
Song is awesome.
Video is cool.

Posted by: Derek For Real at 09/09/08 10:32 PM | Reply
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Ra Ra Riot stole the verse melody from The O.C. Supertones song "Resolution" for the "Dying Is Fine" chorus. Blatently.

Posted by: Jackattack at 12/23/08 10:40 AM | Reply
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its like BSS + 80s saturday morning cartoons in suburbia.

Posted by: RA at 12/27/08 2:42 PM | Reply
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