Dying Is Fine

For the past 4 days, I have been listening to Ra Ra Riot nonstop! This band from Syracuse, New York, just released their debut album, The Rhumb Line, and are currently out on a US tour. I am so in love with this band, you guys! If you love Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, The Shins, Vampire Weekend, or The Smiths, then I promise, you will absolutely adore them as well!

This song, in particular, has been keeping me rocking ALL WEEK...check it out!

Ra Ra Riot - Dying Is Fine


Ra Ra Riot tourdates
Sep 14 - Jackpot Music Hall/Lawrence, KS
Sep 16 - Hi-Dive/Denver, CO
Sep 17 - Kilby Court/Salt Lake City, UT
Sep 18 - Neurolux/Boise, ID
Sep 20 - King Cobra/Seattle, WA
Sep 21 - Media Club/Vancouver, BC
Sep 22 - Doug Fir Lounge/Portland, OR
Sep 24 - Rickshaw Stop/San Francisco, CA
Sep 25 - Echo/Los Angeles, CA
Sep 26 - Detroit Bar/Costa Mesa, CA
Sep 28 - The Casbah/San Diego, CA
Sep 29 - Modified/Phoenix, AZ
Sep 30 - Plush/Tucson, AZ
Oct 2 - The Loft/Dallas, TX
Oct 3 - Stubb's BBQ/Austin, TX
Oct 4 - Rudyard's/Houston, TX
Oct 7 - The Social/Orlando, FL
Oct 8 - Club Downunder/Tallahassee, FL
Oct 9 - The Crowbar/Tampa, FL
Oct 10 - Drunken Unicorn/Atlanta, GA
Oct 11 - Local 506/Chapel Hill, NC
Oct 12 - Black Cat/Washington, DC
Oct 14 - Ottobar/Baltimore, MD
Oct 15 - Johnny Brenda's/Philadelphia, PA
Oct 16 - Bowery Ballroom/New York, NY
Oct 17 - Music Hall of Williamsburg/Brooklyn, NY
Oct 18 - Middle East Downstairs/Cambridge, MA

Ra Ra Riot on Myspace

The Next Big Thing?

Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you - White Lies. Are they the next big thing? Well, if you take Q magazine's word for it (and I usually do), they are. This British trio is making serious headway with the British music press. They've even got an impressive cadre of celebrity fans (the dark lord himself, Nick Cave, showed up at one of their concerts recently!) White Lies are sure to satisfy those of us who were extremely disappointed by the last Interpol album. They follow in the grand footsteps of British post-punk bands such as Joy Division and Echo & The Bunnymen, and they wear their doom-and-gloom sound with sheer rock and roll elegance. Check them out now before they implode in a bubble of buzz!

mp3:
White Lies - Unfinished Business

White Lies Tour Dates
Sep 21 - Club Ifor Bach/Cardiff, UK
Sep 22 - Night & Day/Manchester, UK
Sep 24 - Little Civic/Wolverhampton, UK
Sep 25 - Bodega Social Club/Nottingham, UK
Sep 26 - The Leadmill/Sheffield, UK
Sep 28 - Thekla/Bristol, UK
Sep 29 - Komedia/Brighton, UK
Oct 1 - Norwich Arts Centre/Norwich, UK
Oct 2 - The Cluny/Newcastle, UK
Oct 3 - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut/Glasgow, UK
Oct 4 - The Faversham/Leeds, UK
Oct 6 - Carling Academy Oxford/Oxford, UK
Oct 7 - Institute of Contemporary Arts/London, UK
Oct 21 - Horseshoe Tavern/Toronto, ON
Oct 24 - Bowery Ballroom/New York, NY
Oct 25 - North Star Bar/Philadelphia, PA
Oct 26 - Great Scott/Allston, MA
Oct 28 - Empty Bottle/Chicago, IL
Oct 30 - The Roxy/West Hollywood, CA
Nov 1 - Rickshaw Stop/San Francisco, CA

White Lies on Myspace