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Explosions In The Sky, Press Releases

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY PRE-ORDER LIVE NOW

Pre-orders are now being accepted at  www.explosionsinthesky.com and http://temporaryresidence.com/descriptions/trr199.php for Explosions In The Sky’s new album Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, out April 26 on Temporary Residence Ltd.

The album’s first single, “Trembling Hands,” can also be previewed in its entirety at Pitchfork, and downloaded for free at www.explosionsinthesky.com.

The Austin TX quartet has also added two more dates in its upcoming world tour: a special April 30 appearance at the rarely played Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles and May 1 at the Fox Theater in Oakland. The tour, which kicks off April 1 at the Lyric in Oxford MS, features Explosions In The Sky’s biggest headline engagement to date–April 6 at New York City’s famed Radio City Music Hall–plus numerous worldwide headline and festival dates, as well as a recently added pair of shows supporting Arcade Fire in Austin and Houston.

The Octopus Project will support on all U.S. headline dates except Radio City, where openers will be Low and Eluvium, the latter playing a first ever piano only solo set. UK/EU support will be Lichens.

Recorded at Sonic Ranch in El Paso TX by John Congleton and produced by the band, Take Care, Take Care, Take Care is Explosions In The Sky’s first full length studio effort since 2007’s All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone. The record was mixed by Congleton at Austin TX’s Public Hi Fi studio and features artwork by longtime visual collaborator Esteban Rey.

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY 2011
Apr 1   Oxford, MS – The Lyric
Apr 3   Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
Apr 4   Richmond, VA – The National
Apr 6   New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall with Low and Eluvium (piano only set)
Apr 8   Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
Apr 9   Columbus, OH – Outland Live
Apr 10  Columbia, MO – The Blue Note
Apr 30 Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Forever Cemetery
May 1 Oakland, CA — Fox Theater
May 3   Austin, TX – The Backyard (w/ Arcade Fire) * SOLD OUT
May 4   Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Pavillion (w/ Arcade Fire)
May 15   Edinburgh, UK – HMV Picturehouse
May 16   Dublin, Ireland – Vicar St
May 17   Manchester, UK – Academy
May 19   London, UK – The Roundhouse * SOLD OUT
May 20   Paris, France – Bataclan
May 22   Berlin, Germany – Postbahnhof
May 23   Koln, Germany – Essigfabrik
May 24   Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique
May 25   Amsterdam, Holland – Paradiso
May 27   Primavera Sound Festival
June 9-12 (exact date TBA) – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
Aug 11– Olso, Norway – Oya Festival
Aug 13 – Gothenburg, SWE – Way Out West Festival
Aug 19 – Brecon Beacons, UK – Green Man Festival

Press Releases

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE EXPANDED REMASTERED DEBUT REISSUE OUT MARCH 8 DIGITAL, APRIL 19 ON CD & VINYL

SECOND LOS ANGELES DATE ADDED

CONAN APPEARANCE CONFIRMED FOR APRIL 14

FULL ALBUM STREAMING NOW AT
http://www.qotsa.com/
http://www.facebook.com/QOTSA
http://www.rekordsrekords.com/
http://www.dominorecordco.us/usa/news/26-02-11/stream-the-album-that-started-it-all/

The expanded, remastered reissue of Queens Of The Stone Age’s classic 1998 debut out digitally March 8 and on CD and vinyl April 19 on Rekords Rekords/Domino can now be streamed in its entirety at the band’s website and social media channels, as well via the site of the band’s own Rekords Rekords imprint and label partner Domino.

Queens Of The Stone Age will be available on CD (REK001CD), double vinyl LP (REK001LP) and via digital download (REK001D). Pre-orders for the vinyl or CD formats will receive an instantly available digital download of the full record.

Queens Of The Stone Age is commemorating the upcoming reissue with a limited series of intimate shows at which the band will play the record in its entirety, plus B-sides and other rarities and hits from the early Queens catalogue up to the present. The tour kicks off March 16 in Austin TX and will now conclude with a just-added second Los Angeles show on April 13, the day after which Queens will appear on CONAN. At press time, the tour was nearly completely sold out, with tickets remaining for only four dates (Omaha, Des Moines, St. Louis and Kansas City).

The genesis of Queens Of The Stone Age-the band and this first album-goes back to the 1995 dissolution of the criminally overlooked Kyuss, specifically founding guitarist Homme’s migration from the California Desert to the Pacific Northwest to work on a new project concurrent with spending time on the road as second guitarist in Screaming Trees. Homme discarded the sludgy low-end expanses of his former band for much tighter song structure (for the most part) and honest-to-goodness capital ‘H’ hooks and what was originally christened Gamma Ray was quickly changed to Queens Of The Stone Age shortly after its 1996 birth.

Homme returned to his old stomping grounds and reunited with latter day Kyuss drummer Alfredo Hernandez to record as a fake trio (bass player “Carlo Von Sexron” is a nom-de-boom for Homme) and QOTSA came into full bloom, releasing the original version of this first album in 1998. If this re-issue doesn’t document “hour zero,” it’s only a few minutes past. “Regular John” introduces Homme as a smooth and assured vocalist with great melodic instinct. Tracks like “Avon” and “Walkin On Sidewalks” lock into heavy riffs that are in entrancing in their repetition and subtle shifts. And it’s hard to believe that insistently catchy “How To Handle A Rope” didn’t make a greater impact on mainstream radio upon its initial release.

The Rekords Rekords/Domino re-issue has been fully remastered from the original tapes and expanded by three tracks: “The Bronze” and “These Aren’t the Droids Your Looking For” from the  long out of print 1998 QOTSA/Beaver split EP and “Spiders and Vinegaroons” from the posthumous Kyuss/QOTSA split EP. The album will be the first released via a worldwide alliance between Queens’ Joshua Homme’s own Rekords Rekords and Domino to market, promote and distribute selected titles from their catalogue.

The complete itinerary for the Queens Of The Stone Age commemorative tour is as follows:

03/16/11 – Austin, TX – La Zona Rosa
03/18/11 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks
03/19/11 – Birmingham, AL – Workplay Soundstage
03/20/11 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
03/21/11 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
03/23/11 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
03/24/11 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
03/25/11 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
03/26/11 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
03/27/11 – Montreal, Canada – Metropolis
03/29/11 – Toronto, Canada – Sound Academy
03/30/11 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
03/31/11 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue
04/01/11 – Chicago, IL – The Riv
04/02/11 – Omaha, NE – Sokol Auditorium
04/04/11 – Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
04/05/11 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
04/06/11 – Kansas City, MO – Beaumont Club
04/08/11 – Denver, CO – Ogden
04/11/11 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
04/12/11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
04/13/11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern

Press Releases

RAMMSTEIN RETURN TO NORTH AMERICA

SOLD OUT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ONE-OFF  TO BE FOLLOWED BY NINE-DATE MAY 2011 TOUR

In the wake of a December 11, 2010 Madison Square Garden one-off that sold out in 30 minutes and was described by The New York Times as “the kind of spectacle that has made Rammstein an arena and festival headliner across Europe,” RAMMSTEIN will return to North America for its first tour of the continent in 10 years.

The German sextet will play nine headlining arena dates beginning May 5 at the Izod Center in East Rutherford NJ and making stops in Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Edmonton, Tacoma, Oakland and Los Angeles before concluding May 21 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas NV.

Tickets for the shows went on sale the weekend of February 25 and are approaching sold out status in nearly every market.

The dates are the latest in a marathon worldwide touring campaign springboarding off the October 2009 release of Rammstein’s sixth album, Liebe Ist Für Alle Da, which entered the U.S. chart at a career high #13. More predictably Liebe Ist Für Alle Da hit #1 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Holland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia, #2 in Poland, France and Russia, #3 in Sweden and Belgium, #4  in Mexico, Norway and Portugal, #5 in Spain, and Top 10 in Australia, Croatia and Hungary, among others.

Previous Rammstein albums include 1995’s Herzeleid, 1997’s Sehnsucht which has since become the only entirely German language album to be certified platinum in the U.S., 2001’s Mutter, 2004’s Reise, Reise, and 2005’s Rosenrot.

RAMMSTEIN
North America 2011

May 05 East Rutherford NJ – Izod Center
May 07 Montreal – Bell Centre
May 08 Toronto – Air Canada Centre
May 10 Chicago IL – Allstate Arena
May 13 Edmonton – Rexall Place
May 15 Tacoma WA – Tacoma Dome
May 18 Oakland CA – Oracle Arena
May 20 Los Angeles CA – The Forum
May 21 Las Vegas NV – Thomas & Mack Center

Broken Bells, Press Releases

BROKEN BELLS: MEYRIN FIELDS EP OUT MARCH 29

Available for Pre-Order Now at Brokenbells.com

James Mercer and Brian Burton a/k/a Danger Mouse, collectively known as Broken Bells, will issue a four-song EP titled Meyrin Fields on March 29, 2011. The EP features the previously unreleased tracks “Windows” and “Heartless Empire,” as well as “An Easy Life” and the title track. Meyrin Fields will be available a little over a year from the March 2010 release of Broken Bells’Grammy-nominated self-titled debut, and will be issued in vinyl, CD, softpack and digital formats.

Meyrin Fields is available for pre-order now at Brokenbells.com. NPR will premiere the track “Windows” beginning March  7 .

Broken Bells’ self titled debut album has sold over 300,000 copies domestically since its March 9, 2010 Columbia Records release, nearly 50,000 of which were moved in its first week—landing the record at #7 on the Billboard 200. In addition to being 2010’s highest charting debut album by an alternative/rock band,  Broken Bells met with a unanimously positive critical reception:  Rolling Stone hailed the album as “the year’s coolest left field pop disc” in a 4-star lead review, while Wired described it as “crazy good stuff”  and Entertainment Weekly praised it as a “subtly savory sonic morsel.” More recently, Broken Bells came in at #5 in NPR’s 2010 year-end listeners poll.

Broken Bells’ genesis can be traced back to longtime mutual fans Burton and Mercer first face to face meeting at the 2004 Roskilde Festival in Copenhagen. The pair immediately hit it off and kept in touch until May 2008 when the finally seized the opportunity to finally collaborate on original music together. Meyrin Fields is the latest product of this amazing union, which will continue to record and tour together for the foreseeable future.

Press Releases

WHITE RABBITS JOIN NASTY LITTLE MAN FAMILY

Nasty Little Man is excited and pleased to announce the latest addition to the family: White Rabbits!

See why NPR has raved “…Winning over fans with its energetic live shows — thanks in part to its unusual two-drummer lineup…Intense rhythms and sweeping, melodic choruses typify White Rabbits” catchy and often sinister sound,” as the Brooklyn-based sextet hits the road for a short run of underplays to iron out new songs before heading into the studio to record their tbd records follow up to 2009″s critically acclaimed It”s Frightening.

Last night at their sold-out Hoboken NJ show at Maxwell”s the band debuted 5 new songs alongside fan favorites to an enthusiastic and packed crowd.

The next four shows are likely to be your last chance to check out the band before their third record comes out later this year.

Check out the band”s performance of Percussion Gun (“One of the year”s best opening tracks” – PITCHFORK) on Letterman for a taste: 

Remaining dates:

Thu-Feb-24 Boston, MA @ Paradise
Fri-Feb-25 Williamstown, MA @ The Clark
Sat-Feb-26 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Sun-Feb-27 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel

Explosions In The Sky, Press Releases

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY ADD NEW TOUR DATES

Three More U.S. Headline Shows, Two Arcade Fire Support Slots Confirmed

Take Care, Take Care, Take Care Out April 26 on Temporary Residence Ltd.

2011 Tour to Include April 6 Radio City Music Hall Headline with Special Guests Low and Eluvium

Explosions In The Sky has announced five more U.S. dates on its 2011 tour in support of fifth album Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, out April 26 on Temporary Residence Ltd. The tour, which kicks off April 1 at the Lyric in Oxford MS, now includes headline stops April 8 at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, April 9 at Outland Live in Columbus OH, April 10 at the Blue Note in Columbia MO, as well as a pair of shows in the band’s native Texas supporting Arcade Fire.

As previously announced, the upcoming tour features Explosions In The Sky’s biggest headline engagement to date: April 6 at New York City’s famed Radio City Music Hall featuring special guests Low and a first ever solo piano performance by Eluvium. The tour’s UK/Europe leg will now commence with a just-added May 15 show at the HMV Picturehouse in Edinburgh UK.

Octopus Project will support on all other U.S. headline dates. UK/EU support will be Lichens.

Recorded at Sonic Ranch in El Paso TX by John Congleton and produced by the band, Take Care, Take Care, Take Care is the West Texas quartet’s first full length studio effort since 2007’s All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone. The record was mixed by Congleton at Austin TX’s Public Hi Fi studio and features artwork by longtime visual collaborator Esteban Rey.

The track listing for Take Care, Take Care, Take Care is:
1.  Last Known Surroundings
2.  Human Qualities
3.  Trembling Hands
4.  Be Comfortable, Creature
5.  Postcard From 1952
6.  Let Me Back In

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY 2011

Apr 1   Oxford, MS – The Lyric Oxford
Apr 3   Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
Apr 4   Richmond, VA – The National
Apr 6   New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall with Low and Eluvium (piano only set)
Apr 8   Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
Apr 9   Columbus, OH – Outland Live
Apr 10  Columbia, MO – The Blue Note
May 3   Austin, TX – The Backyard (w/ Arcade Fire)
May 4   Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Pavillion (w/ Arcade Fire)
May 15   Edinburgh, UK – HMV Picturehouse
May 16   Dublin, Ireland – Vicar St
May 17   Manchester, UK – Academy
May 19   London, UK – The Roundhouse
May 20   Paris, France – Bataclan
May 22   Berlin, Germany – Postbahnhof
May 23   Koln, Germany – Essigfabrik
May 24   Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique
May 25   Amsterdam, Holland – Paradiso
May 27   Primavera Sound Festival

Foo Fighters, Press Releases

FOO FIGHTERS: “ROPE”

“ATOMIC BEAST OF A SINGLE” (ROLLING STONE) STREAMING ON FOOFIGHTERS.COM NOW

AVAILABLE MARCH 1 AS DIGITAL SINGLE AND iTUNES PRE-ORDER INSTANT GRAT

ARTWORK UNVEILED  FOR NEW ALBUM WASTING LIGHT OUT APRIL 12

“White Limo” Video Approaching One Million Views at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebJ2brErERQ

Beginning today, February 23, “Rope”–the single that Rolling Stone ranks #1 on its current Hot List and hails as a “hairy-testicled, devil-dicked atomic beast”–has become the first full taste of Foo Fighters’ upcoming Wasting Light to impact the internet and the airwaves. The song is currently streaming at foofighters.com and http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=191618494205417

“Rope” will be available beginning March 1 both as a digital single and as an instant grat with iTunes pre-orders of Wasting Light.

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Wasting Light will be released April 12 on Roswell/RCA. The band recently unveiled the artwork to its seventh full length studio opus, which features the core Foo Fighters quintet of Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear.

Produced by Butch Vig and mixed by Alan Moulder, Wasting Light was recorded entirely on analog tape in the garage of Grohl’s home in California’s San Fernando Valley. The no computers/no software back to basics approach has resulted in arguably the strongest and most cohesive effort of the band’s 15-year-plus career: From  the opening one-two punch of “Bridge Burning” and lead single “Rope” to the beautifully bipolar “These Days” to stunning guest spots from Bob Mould (“Dear Rosemary”) and Krist Novoselic (“I Should Have Known”), Wasting Light is a singular triumph: a band that’s headlined arenas, stadiums and festivals the world over stripping itself down to the bare essentials and coming up with a world class band’s finest hour.

Concurrent with the album’s release, Exclusive Media Group’s documentary division Spitfire Pictures are producing a feature documentary about the Foo Fighters directed by Academy Award winner James Moll (The Last Days, Running The Sahara).  Co-produced and co-financed by Exclusive Media Group and RCA Records, Moll’s documentary chronicles the entire history of the Foo Fighters, from the cassette demos Grohl recorded during his tenure as Nirvana’s drummer through their ascent to their Grammy-winning, multi-platinum, arena and stadium headlining status as one of the biggest rock bands on the planet.   This chronicling of the Foo Fighters’ triumphs and tragedies  culminates in an in-depth behind the scenes perspective on the making of the new album: A process in which the band pushed itself forward by returning to its roots and recording in Grohl’s garage completely on analog tape.

Press Releases, Third Man Records

THIRD MAN RECORDS JOINS THE NASTY LITTLE MAN FAMILY

New Green Series 45s From Jerry King and Amy Walker Out Now
New Blue Series 45s From Pokey LaFarge and We Are Hex Out Mid-March

nasty little man is proud and elated to welcome Jack White and Third Man Records to our family.

The alliance coincides neatly with Third Man’s February 22 release of two new installments of its spoken word/instructional Green Series. Joining the esteemed company of past Green Series participants BP Fallon and Conan O’Brien is Amy Walker, an actress known worldwide for her expertise in the field of replicating accents from all over the globe, as evidenced by the 5 million-plus views of her “21 Accents” video on YouTube–not to mention appearances on the Today Show and Inside Edition.

The A-side of Amy’s Green Series single showcases her wide selection of different accents, both in an improvisational rolling internal dialogue and a reading from a random article in the local newspaper, each sentence in a different inflection. The B-side features her being interviewed by Jack White on a variety of topics. The Amy Walker single will be released in an unprecedented 30 different sleeves, each one depicting Amy as a different persona or character.

Also out this week is a Green Series 45 from from Fletcher, NC master auctioneer Jerry King. Whether selling farm equipment, real estate, vintage autos or homemade baked goods, Jerry is truly one of the world’s greatest auctioneers.  Jerry’s single starts off with a fascinating 8-minute interview conducted by Jack White that probes deep into the history, cadence, rhythm and speed of Jerry’s auctioneering. The flipside is both a vinyl rarity and a first for Third Man: 2 separate tracks on 2 separate grooves. Depending on where the listener drops the needle, he or she will be greeted with Jerry King setting up one of two hypothetical auctions:  an automobile auction or a tobacco/chocolate cake auction.

Both the Jerry King and Amy Walker Green Series 45s will be available via the Third Man Records store, in all fine independent record stores, and iTunes worldwide on February 22nd. Details will be available soon re: limited edition Tri Color editions of these singles.

The middle of March will mark the release of two more singles from Third Man’s Blue Series: Pokey LaFarge And The South City Three’s “Chittlin’ Cookin’ Time in Cheatham County”/“Pack It Up” and We Are Hex’s “Twist The Witch’s Titty” / “Through The Doldrums To The Dum Dums”

Hailing from St. Louis MO, Pokey LaFarge is a traditional American music purist who dabbles in everything from jazz, string ragtime, country blues, and western swing. Musically timeless and stylistically original, Pokey and his band blend all of these styles of music into something new and swinging. His booming voice has an incredible range that has to be heard to believed.

Since 2009, Indianapolis IN’s We Are Hex has written and recorded on their own frequency from their home and studio, The Hex Hause. Described somewhere between The Stooges and The Cure, We Are Hex is scratching, creeping, dirty slop – refreshingly raw, honest and urgent—and now responsible for possibly the two most interesting song titles in the brief history of the Third Man Blue Series!

Exact release date and news re: limited edition Tri Color releases of these singles will be made available as confirmed. The songs are currently available for listening on the Third Man Monkey Band at the label’s Nashville record shop, for the price of a quarter.

Arcade Fire, Press Releases

ARCADE FIRE FULL U.S. TOUR ANNOUNCED

Album Of The Year Grammy Winners Confirm Balance of April 9-May 6 Dates

ARCADE FIRE FULL U.S. TOUR ANNOUNCED
Album Of The Year Grammy Winners Confirm Balance of April 9-May 6 Dates
Album of the Year Grammy winners Arcade Fire have confirmed all remaining dates of their upcoming U.S. tour.

The shows kick off April 9 in Denver and include previously announced sold out appearances including an April 16 Coachella headlining set, an April 22, 24, 25 three-night stand at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion. The band’s May 6 Jazz Fest headline in New Orleans will be the tour’s final date.

The April 9-May 6 run is Arcade Fire’s latest in support of its critically acclaimed third album The Suburbs, which recently took Album Of The Year, top prize at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards.

The Suburbs was released August 3, 2010 on Merge Records, debuting at #1 on the U.S. Top 200 and selling nearly 500,000 copies as of press time. The record has been supported by an extensive world tour that has included two nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

See below for a full itinerary. For further information, check arcadefire.com or contact Steve Martin or Amy Grote at nasty little man, amy@nastylittleman.com 212 343 0740

SAT4/9/2011    Broomfield, CO    1st Bank Center    *
MON4/11/2011    Orem, UT    The UCCU Center    *
WED4/13/2011    Phoenix, AZ    Comerica Theatre    *
THU4/14/2011    Las Vegas, NV    The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel *
SAT4/16/2011    Indio, CA    Coachella    (Sold out)
MON4/18/2011    Santa Fe, NM    Santa Fe Convention Center
WED4/20/2011    Kansas City, MO    Starlight Amphitheatre   **
FRI4/22/2011    Chicago, IL    UIC Pavilion   (Sold out)  **
SUN4/24/2011    Chicago, IL    UIC Pavilion      (Sold out)  **
MON4/25/2011    Chicago, IL    UIC Pavilion      (Sold out)  **
WED4/27/2011    Indianapolis, IN    The Lawn at White River State Park    **
THU4/28/2011    Memphis, TN    Orpheum Theatre
SAT4/30/2011    Dallas, TX    Gexa Energy Pavilion    ***
TUE5/3/2011    Austin, TX    The Backyard    ****
WED5/4/2010    The Woodlands, TX    Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion    ****
FRI5/6/2011    New Orleans, LA    Jazz and Heritage Festival

*  Local Natives Support
**  The National Support
***  Okkervil River Support
****    Explosions in the Sky Support

Press Releases

RA RA RIOT PREMIERES “TOO DRAMATIC” ON MTV

ANNOUNCES “TOO DRAMATIC” SINGLE

NEW TOUR STARTS MARCH 3rd

“Too Dramatic”, the second video from Ra Ra Riot’s brilliant sophomore release The Orchard, debuted today at MTV.   Directed by Andrew Thomas Huang (Avi Buffalo, Maximum Balloon, Delphic) the video features the band performing in an other-worldly terrain that blossoms and transforms into a vast, constantly shifting animated landscape.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRo7Ed4yfvo

http://www.mtvu.com/music/video-premiere/ra-ra-riot-too-dramatic/

The band is also excited to announce that a “Too Dramatic” single will be available exclusively on iTunes on March 8th.  The single will include “Megafauna”, a previously unreleased song from The Orchard sessions, an alternate version of The Orchard favorite “Keep It Quiet” by one of the band’s many alter-egos, GOP, and a remix by The Morning Benders.

Too Dramatic (single) tracklisting:
1. Too Dramatic (Album Version)
2. Megafauna
3. Too Dramatic (The Morning Benders Remix)
4. Keep It Quiet (GOP)
5. Too Dramatic Video

Consequence of Sound recently premiered a remix of “Too Dramatic” by 19-year old LA-based DJ Jordan Elliot, who has garnered recent buzz in the electro community under the moniker The Kids Are Radioactive.  You can hear “Too Dramatic (The Kids Are Radioactive Remix)” here:

http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/02/15/cos-premiere-ra-ra-riots-too-dramatic-the-kids-are-radioactive-remix/

Finally, the band is excited to announce new tour dates and here they are:

3/03 – Baltimore, MD        Ram’s Head Live! *
3/04 – Charlottesville, VA    Jefferson Theatre &
3/06 – Jacksonville, FL        Jack Rabbit &
3/07 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL    Culture Room &
3/08 – Orlando, FL        Social &
3/09 – Tampa, FL            Crowbar &
3/11 – New Orleans, LA    One Eyed Jacks @&
3/12 – Baton Rouge, LA    Spanish Moon &
3/14 – Columbia, MO        Mojo’s %
3/15 – St. Louis, MO        Firebird %
3/16 – Indianapolis, IN        Earth House %
3/18 – Louisville, KY        Headliner’s Music Hall %
3/19 – Newport, KY        Mad Hatter Club %
3/20 – Charleston WV        Mountain Stage
4/07 – Syracuse, NY        Westcott Theatre
4/08 – Cleveland, OH        Beachland Ballroom
4/09 – Columbus, OH        LC Outdoor Amphitheater – CD 101 Day
4/10 – Detroit, MI        Magic Stick
4/11 – Holland, MI        Hope College

* w/ Anamanaguchi
& w/ The Luyas
% w/ Pomegranates
@ w/ Givers

Ra Ra Riot’s sophomore album The Orchard debuted at #36 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. It was produced by Ra Ra Riot and Andrew Maury and mixed by Chris Walla (with the exception of “Do You Remember,” which was mixed by Rostam Batmanglij). Its August 24 release date marked two years, nearly to the day, since the release of the band’s debut album, The Rhumb Line, which debuted at #109 on the U.S. album chart and has gone on to sell in excess of 70,000 copies.