Mother Jones posted an amazing portrait series of artists at SXSW. Jacob Blickenstaff, the photographer, got a bunch of Distiller artists to participate, and we’re posting one portrait each day until we run out! Today’s portrait is of Ra Ra Riot!
Watch out for the band on tour!
Live session with Ra Ra Riot on KEXP starts NOW! Are you spinning Beta Love? Because… you should be.
(Source: kexp.org)
Ever wonder what Ra Ra Riot has to say about Delicate Steve? Um, us too. Check out this feature in Magnet Magazine, From The Desk Of Ra Ra Riot’s Mathieu Santos: Delicate Steve’s Positive Force. And here’s a taste… “Steve embodied everything we love about music—immediacy, honesty, openness and beauty.” Read on, and don’t forget to chart Beta Love this week!
Will you be joining us for Ra Ra Riot at Music Hall Of Williamsburg tonight? If not, enjoy a stream of the show via The Bowery Presents Live channel on YouTube. Also check out their video for “I Shut Off” right here right now.
(Source: musichallofwilliamsburg.com)
To download, stream, or get more info on the releases below, visit www.distillerpromo.com.
Blue Foundation - In My Mind I Am Free Reconstructed (Dead People’s Choice)
Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside - “Party Kids” (Partisan)
The Growlers - Hung At Heart (Everloving)
Midnight Spin - Don’t Let Me Sleep (Self-Released)
Ra Ra Riot - Beta Love (Barsuk)
Toro Y Moi - “Say That” (Carpark)
Did you miss Sirius XMU’s world premiere of the new Ra Ra Riot album last night? Yeah? Then you’re in luck! Sirius XMU is rebroadcasting the premiere of Beta Love today at 10am EST (that means in about 15 minutes).
Enjoy the album, and don’t forget to ADD Beta Love next week!
Ra Ra Riot’s new album, Beta Love, goes for ADDS next week! Get ready!
If you just can’t wait until then to hear it, tune into Sirius XMU tonight at 8:00pm EST. Wes and Mathieu are visiting the station for the album’s world premiere.
Can’t listen tonight? Don’t worry. Sirius XM will rebroadcast the premiere a number of times over the week (Wed and Thurs at 10:00am EST, Sat at 3:00pm EST, and Sunday at 8:00am EST).
After you listen to the premiere, make sure you add Beta Love next week!
January’s CMJ Mixtape has the latest from Ra Ra Riot (adding 1/15), Thorcraft Cobra (adding 1/8), and more!
To download, stream, or get more info on the releases below, visit www.distillerpromo.com.
Dom La Nena - Ela (Six Degrees)
Colin Edwin & Jon Durant - Burnt Belief (Alchemy)
Thorcraft Cobra - Count It In (Plaza Bowl Records & Tapes)
**PLEASE NOTE: Ra Ra Riot - Beta Love (Barsuk) will now be going for adds on January 15. Enjoy a download of the track “Dance With Me” right away - and look out for the full download (as well as physical copies in the mail) this week!
Ra Ra Riot’s performance of “Too Dramatic” is a featured video on Daytrotter right now! Check it.
Ra Ra Riot Daytrotter session HERE!
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