New Ra Ra Riot video premiering on MTVU [ 26 Feb 2013 ]

The new Ra Ra Riot video for the song Dance With Me (from their recently released album, beta love) premiered today on mtvU. The clip was directed by Christopher Mills, who says "the video is about a lost and forgotten evening that could have been Ra Ra Riot's weird dream," while mtvU notes "you get to expand your senses and follow the band on a ghoulish, tripped out jog through a post-apocalyptic landscape in visuals that end up being strangely effective counterpoints to the head bobbing dance song." Check it!

Maps & Atlases debuts "Fever" video [ 14 Feb 2013 ]

Barsuk is excited to release Maps & Atlases' new video for Fever, off their latest album beware and be grateful. NPR premiered the video as part of their "First Watch" series, and it is available for posting here. The clip, which further develops the story of an anonymous man introduced in their album trailer video, was directed by guitarist Erin Elders and produced by drummer Chris Hainey.

Ra Ra Riot premieres remix on Huffington Post, appearing on "Morning Becomes Eclectic" [ 12 Feb 2013 ]

The Huffington Post is premiering RAC's remix of the title track from Ra Ra Riot's new album beta love, out now. André Allen Anjos of RAC, "does what we never thought possible: made Ra Ra Riot's title song even more danceable," says The Huffington Post. The band is in the midst of their US tour playing The El Rey in Los Angeles this evening and will be appearing on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic on Thursday, February 14th.

Ra Ra Riot premieres video for "Beta Love" [ 31 Jan 2013 ]

The Onion A/V Club is premiering the video for the title track off Ra Ra Riot's new album beta love, out now on Barsuk. The video was directed and edited by David Dean Burkhart, a Ra Ra Riot fan who sent it to them after assembling it from found footage. The band immediately loved it and became even more enamored of it once they learned about its source, the local TV show "Dance Party" which aired in the '80s on the low-wattage UHF station KOFY in San Francisco. The band is currently touring in Asia and will kick off west coast leg of their tour in Vancouver on February 7.

Watch the video here.

Ra Ra Riot premieres "Beta Love" full album stream on YouTube [ 15 Jan 2013 ]

Ra Ra Riot's beta love is premiering with a full album stream at YouTube. Last week, the band premiered two new tracks from their forthcoming album, debuting Dance with Me at Stereogum and Is It Too Much at NPR Music's "All Songs Considered". The band also announced an additional date prior to their sold out Webster Hall show on January 25. They will now play a release date show at Music Hall of Williamsburg which will be live-streamed in full HD via The Bowery Presents Live YouTube page starting at 10pm. The band's stripped-down performance of I Shut Off is available now on The Bowery Presents channel.

Who's the guest on tonight's Colbert Report? That's right: Ben Gibbard [ 10 Jan 2013 ]

Be sure to watch tonight's Colbert Report (11:30pm on Comedy Central) to watch Ben Gibbard, joined by Aimee Mann, Ted Leo, and Jon Wurster, as they perform the song Bigger Than Love from Ben's debut solo album, former lives.

Ra Ra Riot premieres new track at Stereogum [ 07 Jan 2013 ]

Today, Stereogum premiered Dance with Me from Ra Ra Riot's third album beta love, set for release January 22. The album marks the band's first outing as a four piece with members Wes Miles on vocals, Milo Bonacci on guitar, Mathieu Santos on bass and Rebecca Zeller on violin forming the core of the group. Beta Love's songs are informed by the works of cyperpunk novelist William Gibson and futurist Ray Kurzweil's musings on the technological singularity and transhumanism.

Listen to Dance With Me here, then pre-order the album in the Barsuk shop, or as a special bundle on the Ra Ra Riot site.

Ra Ra Riot announce show date and live track [ 03 Jan 2013 ]

Ra Ra Riot announce another show at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on the release date for their new album beta love, with an exclusive live version of a new song "I Shut Off". Tickets on sale tomorrow at noon!