Alexandra Lawn Leaving Ra Ra Riot

Ra Ra Riot's cellist Alexandra Lawn announced Friday she is leaving the band. ''While this is not a 'goodbye', the time has come for me to leave Ra Ra Riot," Lawn said on the band's website.  read more

Ra Ra Riot Releases Video, Streams Album on NPR

If you’re in an indie-rock band and you don’t have some affiliation with a cat, it’s time to get on the ball. With the release of the music video for its new song “Boy,” which features kittens in a parking lot, Ra Ra Riot becomes the latest band to utilize the apparent hipster appeal of felines after Best Coast, Wavves and Klaxons all featured cats prominently on their album art....  read more

Members of Death Cab for Cutie and Vampire Weekend Contribute to New Ra Ra Riot Album

One of the 10 sugarpop bands we’re not ashamed to love is releasing a follow-up to its infectious 2008 debut, The Rhumb Line. Syracuse-based Ra Ra Riot will drop The Orchard, mixed by Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla and co-produced by Andrew Maury, Aug. 24....  read more