Ra Ra Riot pours its restless energy into grooming coy pop songs with cello, violin, and lyrics that self-consciously quirky indie-rock devotees enjoy chirping along to. Despite the death of drummer John Pike, the New York band kept on touring, and started to break out a bit with its 2008 album The Rhumb Line. That one came out on Barsuk, the indie label that famously made a little something of a band called Death Cab For Cutie.
Updated 03/26/2009