Spotlight On will never get enough of an early QRO favorite, the young, sprawling collective, Ra Ra Riot.
Name: Ra Ra Riot
Associated acts: Discovery
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY (originally formed in Syracuse, NY)
Members: Kenny Bernard, Milo Bonacci, Gabriel Duquette (former), Alexandra Lawn (former), Wesley Miles, John Pike (deceased), Mathieu Santos, Rebecca Zeller
Albums: Ra Ra Riot EP (2007), The Rhumb Line (2008), The Orchard (2010), Beta Love (2013), Need Your Light (2016), Superbloom (2019)
Has toured with: Art Brut, Bear Hands, Born Ruffians, Buke and Gase, Caveman, Cayucas, !!!, Chikita Violenta, Cold War Kids, Matt Costa, Cut Off Your Hands, Death Cab for Cutie, Delicate Steve, Editors, Generationals, Givers, Guster, Harlem Shakes, Hooray For Earth, Los Campesinos!, The Luyas, Maps & Atlases, Mason Proper, The Most Serene Republic, The New Pornographers, The Postal Service, Princeton, PWR BTM, Royal Bangs, Sam Champion, Scars on 45, The Shins, stellastarr*, Sun Club, Telekinesis, Tokyo Police Club, Vampire Weekend, Walter Meego, Wintersleep, Yellow Ostrich, Young the Giant
TV shows appeared on: Late Show with David Letterman (CBS), Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC), Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC), Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS), Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC), Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC)
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Live review at South Street Seaport in New York, NY on June 29th, 2007
Photo gallery from South Street Seaport
Photo gallery from Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ on August 11th, 2007
Photo gallery from Highline Ballroom in New York, NY on August 23rd, 2007
Interview with Wesley Miles in 2007
Featured in “Top 25 Albums of 2007”
Featured in “Whose Boobs Are These: Indie Rock Edition”
Live review at Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on March 8th, 2008
Photo gallery from Bowery Ballroom on March 8th, 2008
Live review at Middle East in Cambridge, MA on April 25th, 2008
Review as part of the Siren Music Festival on Coney Island, Brooklyn on July 19th, 2008
Photo gallery from Siren Music Festival
Photo gallery from Union Square Virgin Megastore in New York, NY on August 19th, 2008
Photo gallery from Sound Fix Records in Brooklyn, NY on October 14th, 2008
Live review at Bowery Ballroom on October 16th, 2008
Photo gallery from Bowery Ballroom on October 16th, 2008
Featured in “Top 40 Albums of 2008”
Review as part of SXSW Day Four at The Parish in Austin, TX on March 21st, 2009
Interview with Alexandra Lawn & Mathieu Santos in 2009, Part One
Interview with Alexandra Lawn & Mathieu Santos in 2009, Part Two
Photo gallery from Webster Hall in New York, NY on April 4th, 2009
Photo gallery from Union Hall in Brooklyn, NY on April 13th, 2010
Live review at Bowery Hotel in New York, NY on April 14th, 2010
Photo gallery from Bowery Hotel
Photo gallery from B.O.M.B. Fest in Old Lyme, CT on May 30th, 2010
Review as part of Osheaga Music Festival in Montreal, PQ, Canada on August 1st, 2010
Review as part of MFNW Day Two at Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR on September 9th, 2010
Photo gallery from Wonder Ballroom
Live review at The Metro in Chicago, IL on October 5th, 2010
Live review at WIRED Store in New York, NY on December 8th, 2010
Photo gallery from WIRED Store
Photo gallery from Majestic Theatre in Madison, WI on April 14th, 2011
Live review at Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn, NY on August 5th, 2011
Photo gallery from Prospect Park Bandshell
Review as part of Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, TX on November 5th, 2011
Photo gallery from Fun Fun Fun Fest
Photo gallery from Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY on January 22nd, 2013
Photo gallery from Webster Hall on January 25th, 2013
Interview with Milo Bonacci & Wesley Miles in 2013
Photo gallery from Fillmore in San Francisco, CA on February 11th, 2013
Review as part of SXSW Tuesday at Hype Hotel in Austin, TX on March 12th, 2013
Review as part of SXSW Friday at Clive Bar in Austin, TX on March 15th, 2013
Review as part of SXSW Saturday at Waterloo Records in Austin, TX on March 16th, 2013
Photo gallery from Apple Store SoHo in New York, NY on March 28th, 2013
Review as part of Boston Calling Music Festival in Boston, MA on May 26th, 2013
Photo gallery from Boston Calling
Review of Arts & Crafts: 2003-2013, including Ra Ra Riot
Review as part of Arts & Crafts Field Trip Festival in Toronto, ON, Canada on June 8th, 2013
Photo gallery from Arts & Crafts Field Trip
Live review at Terminal 5 in New York, NY on October 9th, 2013
Review as part of Escape Music Festival on Governors Island in New York, NY on October 11th, 2014
Photo gallery from Escape Music Festival
Live review at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn, NY on November 3rd, 2015
Photo gallery from Baby’s All Right
Photo gallery from Rough Trade NYC in Brooklyn, NY on February 18th, 2016
Interview with Mathieu Santos in 2016
Photo gallery from Webster Hall on March 4th, 2016
Review as part of SXSW Friday at Banger’s in Austin, TX on March 18th, 2016
John Pike featured in QRO’s “Rest In Peace”
Live review of Ra Ra Riot EP tenth anniversary at Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 22nd, 2017
Photo gallery from Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 22nd, 2017
Photo gallery from Webster Hall on November 16th, 2019
Interview with Wesley Miles in 2019
Tour dates:
Dec 2 @ Paradiso in Amsterdam, NL
Dec 3 @ Häkken in Hamburg, DE
Dec 4 @ Musik und Frieden in Berlin, DE
Dec 5 @ Zehner in Munich, DE
Dec 7 @ Helios 37 in Cologne, DE
Dec 8 @ Exil in Zurich, CH
Dec 10 @ The Thekla in Bristol, UK
Dec 11 @ King Tuts in Glasgow, UK
Dec 12 @ The Deaf Institute in Manchester, UK
Dec 13 @ Oslo in London, UK
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:
Ra Ra Riot playing “Each Year” live at Webster Hall in New York, NY on January 25th, 2013:
Ra Ra Riot playing “Is It Too Much” live at Webster Hall in New York, NY on January 25th, 2013:
Ra Ra Riot playing “Dance With Me” live at Webster Hall in New York, NY on January 25th, 2013:
Ra Ra Riot playing “When I Dream” live at Webster Hall in New York, NY on January 25th, 2013:
Ra Ra Riot playing “St. Peters Day Festival” live at Webster Hall in New York, NY on January 25th, 2013:
Ra Ra Riot playing “Dying Is Fine” live at Webster Hall in New York, NY on January 25th, 2013:
Ra Ra Riot playing “I Shut Off” live at Webster Hall in New York, NY on January 25th, 2013:
