Ra Ra Riot on Letterman 10/13/08 (video)

Links (4)

Ra Ra Riot: Can You Tell (Live on Letterman) (Video)
Published 10/14/2008 at Prefix
When their debut album, The Rhumb Line , dropped in August, Ra Ra Riot were releasing videos seemingly every day , but all s been quiet since their performance on Conan at the beginning of September. The Syracuse band are still on tour behind Rhumb Line , and took to Letterman s stage last night to do Can You Tell, one of Rhumb s more mellow tracks. The band does a bit too much, hey, we re on TV, let s smile at each other, but the performance is solid. [ Stereogum ]

Ra Ra Riot Take "Can You Tell" To Letterman
Published 10/14/2008 by Stereogum at Stereogum
Ra Ra Riot Take "Can You Tell" To Letterman thumbnail icon: Ra Ra Riot Take "Can You Tell" To Letterman Last night, Syracuse Barsuk troupe Ra Ra Riot brought their meaningful-core to Letterman, performing the poppy but emotional "Can You Tell." There's much smiling and mugging between band members, but frontman Wes Miles knows just when to get that faraway look in his eyes (see accompanying screen grab). It's a more relaxed, assured outing than their performance of the also sweetly melancholy " Ghost Under Rocks" on Conan early last month. Also, we learn two important things: Letterman audiences love Syracuse and ...

Ra Ra Riot: Guitars, Violin, and a Cello?
Published 10/15/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Moviezzz) at The Moviezzz Blog
I Tivo Letterman every night. Last night, I was about to fast forward through the musical guest, as I often do, when I noticed they had someone playing a violin and a cello, along with the rest of the band. I stopped and listened. The band is Ra Ra Riot. I had never heard of them before. I may just have to pick up this CD. And I haven't bought a new CD, by a new band in, dare I say, years.

New Music - Ludinda Williams, Ray LaMontagne, and Keane
Published 10/19/2008 by mj at mjsbigblog
Lucinda Williams - Little Honey - Alt-country queen, Lucinda Williams has been one of my favorites since her 1989 self-titled release.  A gifted songwriter, Williams often pens songs that are dark and wrenching.  But this latest outing finds her in a happier mood.  While the subject matter may be lighter, the music–shit kicking blues and rock–is tougher than past outings.  There’s even a cover of an AD/DC song, “Long Way to the Top.” As always, her honey-rough vocals cut right to the heart of her songs. Do I have to pick favorites?  Well, OK:  “Jailhouse Tears” Elvis ...