Balam Acab remixed a song from Ra Ra Riot bassist Mathieu Santos's solo debut Massachusetts 2010. As mentioned previously, Alec Koone is a patient, precise composer, so it's interesting to give a…   Read Story »

After watching the recently unearthed footage of Arcade Fire playing a house party in 2002 and a 17-year-old Robin Pecknold covering Radiohead and Simon & Garfunkel, I thought it would be fun to…   Read Story »

A few weeks back James Blake told SPIN, "Remixing is like musical prostitution." Ha -- relax, James Blake. This is the column in which we beg to differ. Much in the spirit of our inaugural Remixtape…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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,…   Read Story »

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.   Read Story »

We posted a live video of Ra Ra Riot playing "Too Dramatic" at 2009's Noise Pop Festival in their Progress Report for upcoming LP The Orchard. Now you can hear the longtime live staple in studio…   Read Story »

In the two years since New York's Ra Ra Riot put out their debut album, lead singer Wes Miles teamed up with old pal and multi-tasking Vampire Weekend/Boys Like Us/summer song slinger Rostam…   Read Story »

Four years into my Coachella career and I've never experienced an Indio spring so mild. It's a gift from the gods meaning Brooklynites like Scott and I can wear jeans all weekend, a blessing with the…   Read Story »

Name: Ra Ra Riot Progress Report: Mixing their second album, recorded at Black Dog Recording Studio in Stillwater, NY. "Sorry I was so ramble-y," says Ra Ra Riot's Wes Miles at the end of our…   Read Story »