[Watch] Ra Ra Riot - "Shadowcasting" Live on Fallon

Another late night performance that graced the TV's of America last night was Ra Ra Riot who brought a performance of their The Orchard track, "Shadowcasting" to Jimmy Fallon. Watch it at the top via The Audio Perv.

[Watch & Listen] Mathieu Santos (of Ra Ra Riot) - "I Can Hear The Trains Coming" (Video) x 'Massachusetts 2010' (Full Album Stream)

If you've been reading the blog for a while you may be aware that we were into Ra Ra Riot last year and their album The Orchard  which we featured in our top 15 albums of 2010. (8 months has flown by huh?!). Mathieu Santos of the band is going to be releasing his debut solo album and the first 500 LPs are hand-numbered and pressed on white vinyl. Sexy! There will also be a 7" single for the album opener "I Can Hear The Trains Coming" that will be released soon by Old Flame Records limited to 300 copies pressed on green vinyl. Today though, you can listen to the entire album Massachusetts 2010 via the player below and get a feel for Mathieu's style.

Up at the top you can check out the visuals for lead single "I Can Hear The Trains Coming" which are bright and colourful. Should help you wake up, if the barrage of videos featuring slasher/gore and a tonne of weird stuff haven't done so already.

Mathieu Santos - Massachusetts 2010 by MathieuSantos

[Download] Ra Ra Riot - "Too Dramatic" (The Morning Benders Remix)

Check out this mellow and chilled remix of Ra Ra Riot's track "Too Dramatic" from The Mornign Benders. Slowing the track down which originally featured on Ra Ra Riot's The Orchard  which we featured in our top 15 albums of 2010. Check out the tracklisting for the single after the jump. The single comes out digitally on the 8th of March via iTunes and below you can download the track for yourself too via Stereogum.

Ra Ra Riot - "Too Dramatic" (The Morning Benders Remix) by Some Kind of Awesome

Too Dramatic single:

1. “Too Dramatic”
2. “Megafauna”
3. “Too Dramatic (Morning Benders Remix)”
4. “Keep It Quiet (GOP)”
5. “Too Dramatic” (Video)

[Watch] Ra Ra Riot - "Too Dramatic" (Video)

Last year Ra Ra Riot released iot have released their album The Orchard, which we featured in our top 15 albums of 2010. They've now confirmed their new single will be "Too Dramatic" and have set the release date for March the 8th. You can now check out the video for it right here. Directed by Andrew Thomas Huang the video see's the band performing on a starry night before the day breaks and the clouds shoot by before the ground starts to build upwards with a cool stop motion effect, check it out for yourselves up at the top. The track will come with a remix by The Morning Benders, track "Megafauna" and "Keep It Quiet (GOP)".

[Watch] Ra Ra Riot - "Boy" x "Too Dramatic" Live on Jimmy Kimmel

Ra Ra Riot dropped in on Jimmy Kimmel yesterday and performed a few tracks from their latest album The Orchard. Up at the top you can see them performing "Boy" and after the jump let them entertain you with a rendition of "Too Dramatic". 

The Orchard is out now for you to pick up if you like what you see in their performance from Jimmy Kimmel.

[SKOA Presents] The Top 25 Albums of 2010: 15-11

15. RJD2 - The Colossus [Buy CD | Vinyl]

On his fourth album, Dj/Producer RJD2 combines all styles of his previous efforts to create one of his greatest album yet. From the sample rocking opener "There Will Be Horns" which brings back fond memories of the Since We Last Spoke era to tracks like "The Glow", "Games You Can Win" and my favorite track "Giant Squid", each track's sound is different but fits the overall feel of the album. This album is definitely a banger for old and new RJ fans or people looking for something fresh. We highly suggest picking this one up along with the outtakes and Instrumental album, Inversions of The Colossus. - Rocko

14. The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards [Buy CD | Vinyl]

A quick follow up to last year's debut, Horehound, Jackie White and friends gave us this sophomore offering that continued to bring forth the awesome with jams like "Blue Blood Blues", "Die By The Drop", and "Jawbreaker". With Sea of Cowards, it was slightly less balls to the wall rock and a bit more experimentation, as seen in songs like "I'm Mad" and "Old Mary". I think if they had waited a little bit longer to release this album that I would have been able to enjoy it more, but I hadn't finally taken the needle off of Horehound yet, so it was hard to shift my focus on to Sea of Cowards with the attention that it deserved. However, with every listen to Sea of Cowards I find myself enjoying it more and more. - Kibbe

13. Spoon - Transference [Buy CD | Vinyl]

Although Spoon's latest may not be their best effort, it definitely one of the most catchiest albums released in 2010. The band doesn't stray away from the formula of their previous releases but for new listeners it's a nice introduction to the band and encourages them to check out their earlier works as well as catching them perform these tunes and others live, in which Spoon's live performances are always amazing. - Rocko

12. Pulled Apart By Horses - Pulled Apart By Horses [Buy CD]

When I first heard these guys I was shocked that they’d only been making music for 2 years and made one hell of a racket! Their debut grabs you by the balls and only let’s them loose a few times on the 35 minute raucous album. Opening track “Back To The Fuck Yeah” will have your attention from the offset and the album is full of catchy riffs and sing along choruses. Single “High Five, Swan Dive, Nose Dive” got some major Radio One airplay and had crowds the nation over singing along. The mix of in your face, tongue in cheek lyrics paired with heavy guitar chugging riffs and thumping drums makes this album one of the most intriguing and highly played this year. It’s brash, it’s energetic and most of all it’s ballsy, they went all out and it paid off. An astonishing debut and a definite one to watch with  their 2011 follow up looking likely. “Yeah Buddy” also deserves a mention and the  final RATM like track “Den Horn” is a 7 minute opus of guitar and noise. I was  worried the band couldn’t transfer their live sound onto an album, yet they’ve near  on nailed it! - Shey

11. Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard [Buy CD | Vinyl]

What makes Ra Ra Riot so unique is their ability to blend each of the six band member’s abilities and turn it into something that flows effortlessly and beautifully. Their second studio album The Orchard is a fantastic continuation of the style that the New Yorkers have been perfecting over the last four and a half years. Each song on the album comes together in an extremely well-paced, flowing way that, for me, creates a mood only found on those perfect, sunny, summer days. Starting with the highly instrumental “The Orchard,” moving to more energetic songs like “Boy” and “Too Dramatic,” and slowing down with the magnificent “You And I Know,” The Orchard is a beautifully paced album that shows the increasing maturity and perfection of Ra Ra Riot’s abilities as a band. - Adrian

[Watch] Ra Ra Riot Perform On KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic

Ra Ra Riot swing by the KCRW studio to perform on Morning Becomes Eclectic. You can watch the band perform tunes off their latest opus The Orchard on the player above. 

[Listen] Ra Ra Riot - "Too Dramatic" (Daytrotter Session)

Ra Ra Riot paid Daytrotter a visit and played several tracks from their latest album The Orchard as well as an earlier track taken from their debut. The band also give some nice extra info about the songs they play and what it means to them as well as some tales of tracks that nearly never came to be! Take a listen to "Too Dramatic" taken from the session below and head on over to Daytrotter to listen and download "Boy" and "Foolish". As well as this listen to the bands favourite track to play live, taken from debut LP The Rhumb, "Run My Mouth". The Orchard is out now click here to add it to your personal collection.

Ra Ra Riot - Too Dramatic (Daytrotter Session) by Some Kind of Awesome