03
Aug
Too Dramatic from Ra Ra Riot
Ra Ra Riot’s forthcoming album, ‘The Orchard’, is out August 24th via Barsuk.
27
Apr
Rostam Batmanglij (of Vampire Weekend) and Wes Miles (of Ra Ra Riot) have apparently been working on a side project titled, Discovery, since last year, but just recently a couple of their songs started making visible rounds on the internet. Discovery’s debut LP should appear sometime this summer.
I feel like I am going to be shunned and placed into some type of music blogger purgatory for saying this but, I am not really loving either of these tracks. Don’t get me wrong, I adore Vampire Weekend and Ra Ra Riot, in fact both of these bands are in a heavy and constant rotation on my ipod. Perhaps if I heard these songs not knowing who the artists were, I would be more satisfied, but I expected to be all giddified by the musical outcome of two great bands merging. Of the two tracks that I have heard, ‘Orange Shirt’ is the one I prefer, although I am not sure its play count will sky rocket anytime soon. I have my fingers crossed for the LP.
Take A Listen: Orange Shirt by Discovery
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Take A Listen: Osaka Loop Line by Discovery
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Download: Orange Shirt by Discovery (Right click on link and select “Save Target As” in IE or “Save Link As” in Firefox
Download: Osaka Loop Line (Right click on link and select “Save Target As” in IE or “Save Link As” in Firefox
Discovery – MySpace
