8/26/10

Hey!

If you haven't already picked up The Orchard somewhere else, hit up iTunes for a great deal and an exclusive demo version of "Shadowcasting" HERE

8/24/10

Today only, you can buy The Orchard through Amazon's daily download deal for just $3.99. Wow!

8/24/10

Hello everybody,

We cannot believe that August 24th is HERE. Our new album The Orchard is now available in the U.S. and Canada. You can purchase it directly through our labels Barsuk (US) or Arts & Crafts (Canada) or at most indie record stores, select Targets in the northeast, Best Buy, Borders, iTunes, Amazon (today only for the mp3s it's $3.99 on Amazon) and most other digital distributers.

8/23/10

We just launched this brand new website thanks to the wonderful Bill Gaines! Click around and explore. Much more content coming in the next few days, weeks, months.

All of the new photos that were added were taken by the incredibly talented Josh Goleman

We hope you like the site. Can you believe The Orchard comes out in a day???

8/16/10

Guess what? You can now stream the entire album over at NPR!!

Also, today we premiered the new music video for "Boy" at MTVU and the third trailer for the album up at Amazon

Meeeeeowwwwww

8/12/10

Exciting!

In Philadelphia tomorrow for the station WXPN we're doing a concert with Murder By Death! It's free and it's at noon eastern - more info here: XPN Free At Noon Concerts

This concert will be broadcast live at 12pm ET in the greater Philadelphia area on WXPN at 88.5 FM, 88.7 FM in York/Lancaster, Harrisburg at 99.7 FM, in the Lehigh Valley at 104.9 FM, and on 90.5 FM KUT in Austin, Texas, 88.7 FM WBFO in Buffalo, New York, 90.1 FM WITH in Ithaca, New York, 88.5 FM WRUR in Rochester, New York, 90.5 FM WKHS in Worton/Baltimore, Vermont Public Radio, and streaming online on xpn.org and npr.org.

8/11/10

IFC has posted an exclusive video premiere: Behind Ra Ra Riot's "The Orchard"

Check it out here!

Can't believe that we're less than two weeks away from the release.

7/30/2010

Special guests for the Three Stories benefit show in Geneva are confirmed as Phantogram!!

This show is going to be awesome. We're really excited for it!

There are two ways to buy tickets for this:

PayPal - To purchase through PayPal all you need to do is send an e-mail with your name, address, and number of tickets ($20 each) to info@3stories.org

Or in person at the following locations:

The Ithaca Guitar Works, 215 North Cayuga Street, Ithaca, New York, 14850, 1-888-202-5004

The Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca Street, Geneva, New York, 14456, 315-781-5483

Area Records, 74 Seneca Street, Geneva, New York, 14456, 315-789-4546

Normal Bread, 111 Washington Street, Geneva, New York, 14456, 315-789-4546

See you there!

7/30/10

Hey Canada,

If you have not heard, Arts & Crafts is releasing The Orchard on August 24th!!

You can pre-order the album here:

Arts & Crafts Pre-Order

And we'll be playing a few dates in Canada too!

Sun-Aug-01 Montreal, QC Osheaga Festival

Sat-Aug-28 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheater

Sat-Nov-13 Vancouver, BC The Commodore

Wed-Nov-17 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall

Fri-Nov-19 Saskatoon, SK Louis' Pub

Sat-Nov-20 Winnipeg, MB The Garric

7/20/10

Head over to Stereogum to check out "Boy" from The Orchard and to Barsuk to pre-order the album. We're so excited for you to finally hear some new music! You can also head to iTunes and purchase a 3-song single featuring "Boy," "Saccharin and the War (Sparks Cover)," and "Keep It Quiet (Bear version)."