Spotlight On can never get enough of an early QRO favorite, Syracuse's young, sprawling collective, Ra Ra Riot.
Name: Ra Ra Riot
Associated acts: Discovery
Hometown: Syracuse, NY, and Frenchtown, NJ
Members: Milo Bonacci, Gabriel Duquette, Alexandra Lawn, Wesley Miles, John Pike (deceased), Matheiu Santos, Rebecca Zeller
Albums: Ra Ra Riot EP (2007), The Rhumb Line (2008)
Has toured with:Bear Hands, Andrew Bird, Art Brut, Born Ruffians, Cold War Kids, Matt Costa, Cut Off Your Hands, Death Cab For Cutie, Editors, Gossip, Harlem Shakes, Hooray For Earth, The Killers, Los Campesinos!, Maps & Atlases, Mason Proper, The Morning Benders, New Pornographers, Princeton, Sam Champion, So Many Dynamos, Regina Spektor, stellastarr*, Telekinesis, Tokyo Police Club, Vampire Weekend, Walter Meego
TV shows appeared on: Late Show with David Letterman (CBS),Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC), Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS)
If the band was an animal, they'd be: a gaggle of geese
Or if they were a food, they'd be: a smorgasbord
What about a piece of furniture?: a whole dining room set
Okay, how about something to wear?: a coat of many colors
Animal, vegetable... pick a mineral: a prism that reflects a rainbow
A side character from The Simpsons: the Quimby-Wolfcastle clan
Deadly weapon: a tommy machine gun
Name an author: Thomas Pynchon
If they could have one superpower, what would it be?: whatever it takes to save the world
Umm... An office supply?...: a drawer full of pens
3/19/10 - Austin, TX - Club De Ville (SXSW)
4/12/10 - San Luis Obispo, CA - Downtown Brewery
4/13/10 - Visalia, CA - Cellar Door
4/14/10 - Oakland, CA - The New Parish
4/16/10 - Indio, CA - Coachella
4/27/10 - West Liberty, IA - Secrest 1883 Octagonal Barn (Daytrotter Barnstormer)
4/28/10 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom (Daytrotter Barnstormer)
4/30/10 - Monticello, IL - Kalyx Center (Daytrotter Barnstormer)
5/1/10 - Maquoketa, IA - Codfish Hollow Barn (Daytrotter Barnstormer)
6/5/10 - Houston, TX - Free Press SummerFest
MP3 Stream: "Dying Is Fine"
MP3 Stream: "Too Too Too Fast"
MP3 Stream: "Carby" (Discovery)
Ra Ra Riot playing "Ghost Under Rocks" live @ Union Square Virgin Megastore:
Ra Ra Riot playing "Can You Tell?" live @ Union Square Virgin Megastore:
Ra Ra Riot playing "St. Peters Day Festival" live @ Sound Fix Records:
Ra Ra Riot playing "Dying Is Fine" live @ Sound Fix Records:
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