Ra Ra Riot announces new album, tour dates - 10.23.2012


Ra Ra Riot is coming back in 2013 in a big way. On Jan. 22, the band will release Beta Love, their follow up to 2010's The Orchard, via Barsuk. The album was recorded in Oxford, Miss. with Dennis Herring (Modest Mouse, Elvis Costello) and draws inspiration from "the works of cyberpunk novelist William Gibson and futurist Ray Kurzweil's musings on technological singularity and transhumanism," per a press release.

Following the album's release, the group has a long series of tour dates lined up as well. And before that, Ra Ra Riot is playing some shows this fall with Passion Pit. Check out the dates below, along with the album's tracklist.

Tracklist:

1 Dance With Me
2 Binary Mind
3 Beta Love
4 Is It Too Much
5 For Once
6 Angel, Please
7 What I Do for U
8 When I Dream
9 That Much
10 Wilderness
11 I Shut Off

Tour:

11/14 Syracuse, NY - Setnor Auditorium @ Syracuse University
11/28 Providence, RI - Lupo’s (P)
11/29 Philadelphia, PA - Liacouras Center (P)
12/8 Lancaster, PA - Chameleon (P)
12/9 Hartford, CT - Arch Street Tavern (P)
12/11 Clifton Park, NY - Upstate Concert Hall (P)
12/12 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place (P)
12/13 Ithaca, NY - Haunt (P)
1/23 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
1/25 New York, NY - Webster Hall
1/26 Boston, MA - Paradise
2/2-3 Tokyo, Japan - Hostess Club Weekender
2/7 Vancouver, British Columbia - Venue
2/8 Seattle, WA - Neptune Theater
2/9 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
2/11 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
2/12 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
2/15 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up
2/16 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
2/17 El Paso, AZ - Lowbrow Palace
2/19 Dallas, TX - Kessler Theater
2/20 Austin, TX - The Belmont
2/21 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s
2/23 Oxford, MS - Proud Larry’s
2/24 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
2/25 Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle
2/26 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
2/28 Columbus, OH - A&R Music Bar
3/1 Chicago, IL - Metro
3/2 Madison, WI - Der Rathskeller
3/3 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock
3/5 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig
3/6 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
3/7 Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore
3/8 S. Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
3/9 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street

(P) = with Passion Pit

Sharon Van Etten to release Tramp deluxe edition - 10.23.2012


Sharon Van Etten is releasing a deluxe edition of her latest album Tramp on Nov. 13, via Jagjaguwar. The deluxe package will include the original album, as well as demo versions of each of the songs on the album. The album also includes an acoustic demo of "Tell Me," which you can stream below, and liner notes from Van Etten's journals.

New releases: 10/23 - 10.23.2012


Fall's new release season will start winding down pretty soon, but for now, we're still in the middle of an amazing flood of new music. Today's new releases include our current Album of the Week by Bat for Lashes, in addition to some stellar new music by Titus Andronicus and Kendrick Lamar. Here's what's out in stores now and at Insound.

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Lost Songs
Paul Banks - Banks
Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
Diamond Rings - Free Dimensional
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. City
Pig Destroyer - Book Burner
Titus Andronicus - Local Business
U.S. Girls - Gem

Video: Stars - "Backlines" - 10.23.2012
Stars perform in their own diorama in the cool, visually stunning clip for "Backlines," from new album The North. Watch the clip below.

Video: Wild Nothing - "Paradise" - 10.23.2012
Wild Nothing's new video for "Paradise," from latest album Nocturne, stars actress Michelle Williams, reading from Iris Murdoch's novel A Word Child and traveling on planes. Watch the Matthew Amato-directed video below, courtesy of Pitchfork.