Syracuse’s Barsuk signees Ra Ra Riot recently swarmed their hometown in hopes to find a nice attic to film some songs. Apparently their personal attics weren’t big enough, because the troupe, along with directors Taryn Gould and Emily Kowalcyzk, went door to door, knocking and asking, looking for a space that could house a band with their sprawl, finally convincing “a summer student that digs music” to let them set up shop and set some stuff to tape. Watching them fall over themselves to the giddy synth pop of “Too Too Too Fast” reminds me of live sets from similarly sized contemporaries and collectives like Le Loup and Los Campesinos!, except here we get to see it in multi-camera angles. And for free.
If you’re in NYC tonight and want to see them do the live thing for free again, you can catch the band at their in store at the Virgin in Union Square at 7PM. If not, there are some more chances. These will cost you:
08/22 – Baltimore, MD @ Soundgarden
08/25 – Paris, France @ Casino De Paris
08/26 – London, UK @ Madame Jojo’s
08/27 – London, UK @ Water Rats Theatre
Portable Riot:
The Rhumb Line is out via Barsuk.
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I’ll say it once and I’ll say it 100 times…that chick is HOT.
but there’s 2 girls. i really like this band, but I think this might be my least favorite track on the album
this is my least favorite song on the record too, but this live performance is way better than the album version. killer.
This track is actually one of the favorites on the album.
so damn good live, love this band
the live vid for dying is fine is over at pitchfork, though i think i like this one better
Does anyone else find it weird that their new drummer looks just like John Pike?
FACT:
Ra Ra Rasputin of Washington DC are still the only “Ra Ra” band that matters.
Ra Ra Riot? yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn
Those shakers scramble my brains
Yeah, the girls are hot. But holy shit is this great.
Ra Ra Rasputin suck. Please don’t post about your own band. YAWNNNN
i love this band so dearly. i concur though that this isn’t the best track on the album but it doesn’t matter because that album is so good, and they are so good live! i went to that show at virgin megastore yesterday, and i wish they had played longer.
syracuse rEpRaZeNt
This is one of my fave songs after hearing it live a couple of times, but the recorded version is kind of lacking. I prefer to listen their Woxy version.
this band is awesome! they are like the best from Third Eye Blind’s “Blue” mixed with Stars and a little Death Cab for good measure
I saw them in a sweaty little Larimer Lounge in Denver a few months back and this was my favorite new song they did….that synth hook (can we call it that?) sticks in your head.
God, I love this band. Alex is so cute at the end of the video.
BOTH chicks are hot.
Song is awesome.
Video is cool.
Ra Ra Riot stole the verse melody from The O.C. Supertones song “Resolution” for the “Dying Is Fine” chorus. Blatently.
its like BSS + 80s saturday morning cartoons in suburbia.