Ra Ra Riot
Spotlight On
Written by QRO
Monday, 03 September 2007
 Spotlight On takes a second helping of a QRO favorite, Syracuse's young, sprawling collective, Ra Ra Riot

Name: Ra Ra Riot

Hometown: Syracuse, NY, and Frenchtown, NJ

Members: Milo Bonacci, Alexandra Lawn, Wesley Miles, John Pike (deceased), Matheiu Santos, Cameron Wisch, Rebecca Zeller

Albums: Ra Ra Riot EP (2007), The Rhumb Line (2008)

Has toured with: Bear Hands, The Cribs, Editors, Hooray For Earth, The Little Ones, Mason Proper, Sam Champion, stellastarr*, Tokyo Police Club, Vampire Weekend, Gossip (upcoming)

Festivals played:  SXSW 2007 & 2008, Guilfest 2007, Indian Summer 2007, Latitude Festival 2007, Monolith Festival 2007, River-to-River Festival 2007, Siren Music Festival 2008, Westword Music Festival 2008, Wicker Park Summer Festival 2008, Electric Picnic Art and Music Festival (upcoming)

TV shows appeared on: Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC)

If the band was an animal, they'd be: a gaggle of geese

Or if they were a food, they'd be: a smorgasbord 

 Related Articles:  

Live review from South Street Seaport in Manhattan on June 29th, 2007

Photo gallery from South Street Seaport

Photo gallery from Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ on August 11th, 2007

Review of Ra Ra Riot EP

Photo gallery from Highline Ballroom in Manhattan on August 23rd, 2007

Interview with Wesley Miles

Featured in "Top 25 Albums of 2007"

Featured in "Whose Boobs Are These: Indie Rock Edition"

Live review from Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan on March 8th, 2008

Photo gallery from Bowery Ballroom

Live review from Middle East in Cambridge, MA on April 25th, 2008

Review of Ra Ra Riot as part of the Siren Music Festival on Coney Island, Brooklyn on July 19th, 2008

Photo gallery from Siren Music Festival

Review of The Rhumb Line

Photo gallery from Union Square Virgin Megastore in Manhattan on August 19th, 2008

Tour dates:

8/22/08 - Baltimore, MD - Soundgarden
8/25/08 - Paris, France - Casino De Paris*
8/26/08 - London, England, U.K. - Madame Jojo’s
8/27/08 - London, England, U.K. - Water Rats
8/28/08 - London, England, U.K. - Proud Gallery
8/29/08 - London, England, U.K. - Club NME @ Koko
8/30/08 - Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic Art and Music Festival
9/3/08 - Montreal, QU, Canada - Lambi
9/4/08 - Toronto, ON, Canada - Horseshoe Tavern
9/5/08 - Jamestown, NY - Mojo’s
9/6/08 - Rochester, NY - Bug Jar
9/7/08 - Syracuse, NY - Syracuse University
9/9/08 - Columbus, OH - The Basement
9/10/08 - Cleveland, OH - Case Western University
9/11/08 - Chicago, IL - Subterranean
9/12/08 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
9/14/08 - Lawrence, KA - Jackpot Saloon
9/16/08 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive
9/17/08 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
9/18/08 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
9/20/08 - Seattle, WA - King Cobra
9/21/08 - Vancouver, BC, Canada - Media Club
9/22/08 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
9/24/08 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
9/25/08 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
9/28/08 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah
9/29/08 - Phoenix, AZ - Modified
9/30/08 - Tucson, AZ - Plush
10/2/08 - Dallas, TX - The Loft
10/3/08 - Austin, TX - Stubbs
10/4/08 - Houston, TX - Rudyards
10/7/08 - Orlando, FL - The Social
10/8/08 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
10/10/08 - Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
10/11/08 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
10/12/08 - Washington, D.C. - Black Cat Backstage
10/14/08 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
10/15/08 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
10/16/08 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10/17/08 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/18/08 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs

* w/ Gossip 

 

MP3 Stream: "Dying Is Fine"

 

MP3 Stream: "Too Too Too Fast"

 

Ra Ra Riot playing "Ghost Under Rocks" live @ Union Square Virgin Megastore, New York, NY:

 

Ra Ra Riot playing "Can You Tell?" live @ Union Square Virgin Megastore, New York, NY:

 


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