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By | January 01, 0001

Ra Ra Riot graduate to the indie elite

Senior project
When you listen to Mathieu Santos, you might imagine that Ra Ra Riot have enjoyed a charmed rise to indie fame, everything coming a little too easy for the erstwhile college students.
By ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | November 22, 2010

By | January 01, 0001

Review: Ra Ra Riot | The Orchard

Barsuk (2010)
Two years after the modest success of The Rhumb Line , these Ithaca-based college chums have returned with a sleeker, more cerebral album that speaks to their post-grad sensibilities.
By ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | August 31, 2010

The Met is ready to rock back into action

Nightlife Dept.
The Met is back.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | July 21, 2010

Photos: Ra Ra Riot at Paradise Rock Club

Ra Ra Riot, live at the Paradise Rock Club, October 3, 2009
Ra Ra Riot on tour to promote their new album, The Rhumb Line
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | October 06, 2009

By | January 01, 0001

Branding Bangor

It's Maine's first large-scale indie music festival
If a big-league indie pop festival falls in Bangor, will anyone hear it?
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | August 12, 2009

Photos: Best of BMP Concert 2009

Photos of Ra Ra Riot, Passion Pit, Gaslight Anthem, Metric, The Airborne Toxic Event, and The Bravery
The best shots from the Best Music Poll concert 2009, August 1, 2009.
By PHOENIX STAFF | August 07, 2009

Best Music Poll 2009 concert

A 40,000-person group hug
Stream audio of all the bands' performances, watch video highlights, download interview podcasts, browse concert and behind-the-scenes photos, and share your own photos and videos at the Boston Phoenix Web site or WFNX's site.
By CARLY CARIOLI | August 11, 2009

Photos: Backstage with Ra Ra Riot

Ra Ra Riot backstage at the Best Music Poll Concert 2009.
Ra Ra Riot backstage at WFNX and the Boston Phoenix's Best Music Poll Concert at City Hall Plaza in Boston on August 1, 2009.
By LUCY SHERMAN AND MORGAN LAFORGE | August 04, 2009

Photos: Ra Ra Riot at Best Music Poll 2009

Ra Ra Riot, live at Boston City Hall Plaza| August 1, 2009
Photos of Ra Ra Riot at the Boston Phoenix and WFNX's annual Best Music Poll Concert on August 1, 2009 at Boston's City Hall Plaza.
By CARINA MASTROCOLA AND LUCY SHERMAN | August 03, 2009

By | January 01, 0001

Interview: Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit

Cleaning up with this year's BMP winners
In 2008, Passion Pit won Best New Artist in our Best Music Poll.
By CARLY CARIOLI AND RYAN STEWART | October 01, 2009

By | January 01, 0001

Jodi Explodi, Meantone, Tony McNaboe and more

Sibilance
JODI EXPLODI 's Shipyard EP is out and available, after a few delays here and there. It's the first disc from the band since the four-song Demo-Arigato from 2006. It appears to have some kind of zombie theme to it, but we haven't caught a listen yet.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF | July 08, 2009

By | January 01, 0001

2008 Listravaganza Part 2

The lighter side of music in 2008
Everything you wanted to know about the year in music, in tidy lists of 10.
By BOSTON PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | January 05, 2009