One of my favourite bands, Ra Ra Riot, played again at Granada Theater, and debuted a couple of new songs as well as a cover of Hounds of Love by Kate Bush. I’ve seen this band 4 times and 3 times in the last year; they were also the last band that I saw at SXSW2009 after 4 16-hour days of nonstop show hopping. There is something to their music that really speaks to me and makes me love the band more than before. Also it helps that all musicians in the band are absolutely awesome musicians.
This time around in Granada, Ra Ra Riot, debuted a new song I’ve never heard of as well as “Dramatic” an off the record song that they’ve been playing at concerts since SXSW. Then as the last song of the encore, they played “Hounds of Love” by Kate Bush, which I’ve only heard them play on WOXG podcast a while back, and the host of that show asked them to never take it off their setlist. However, of the 4 shows I’ve seen them perform, I’ve never heard them cover that song until this time. I. Loved. It. After the show I searched for the name of the new song online but I couldn’t find anything. I finally found the blog of this guy named Andrew Mauray who was touring with the band so I emailed him a question at 12:13AM, and 5 minutes later he responded with the following:
“Hey! Quick inquiry! We all just discussed your question. The working title is “top secret jam.” Its in line to be on the second album which we’re gona start recording in november.
It is also sometimes referred to as “strawberry tart jam”
Surely, it will have a different name for the album.
Glad you like it! Keep in touch. -andrew”
Princeton and Maps & Atlases opened for Ra Ra Riot, and after the videos below are setlists.
You can find their videos on my Youtube page: Weijiaofdeath
Updated: The 2 new Ra Ra Riot songs are as of today taken off from Youtube at the request of their manager. I respect and accepted their request, but I can never understand this fear of leakage of performances of new songs on the internet, I can understand if it’s actual recordings. When I tape smaller bands, they usually want to have as much stuff as possible on line, with bigger bands, they want to control that I guess. Either way those two songs will be only for my personal enjoyment for now.
Strawberry Tart Jam/Top Secret Jam
Dramatic
Hounds of Love
Princeton Setlist:
Calypso Gold
Martina and Clive Krantz
Worried Head
I Left My Love in Nagasaki
Sadie and Andy
Show Some Love When Your Man Get’s Home
Eminent Victorians
Power Makes Magic
Shout It Out
Maps & Atlases Set List:
Witch
Israeli Caves
Ted Zancha
Banished The Cavalier
Carrying The Wet Wood
U & Me & The Mountain
Daily News
Everybody’s A House
Pigeon
Artichokes
Ra Ra Riot Setlist:
Strawberry Tart Jam (tentive title for new song)
Each Year
Manner To Act
St. Peter’s Day Festival
Oh La
Suspended In Gaffa (Kate Bush Cover)
Winter o5
Can You Tell
Dramatic (New Song)
Ghost Under Rocks
Too Too Too Fast
Dyin’ Is Fine
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Run My Mouth
Hounds Of Love (Kate Bush Cover)
Tags: Dallas, Granada Theater, New songs, Ra Ra Riot, Setlist, Texas
10/09/2009 at 9:48 am |
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10/17/2009 at 12:48 am |
Awesome blog!
I thought about starting my own blog too but I’m just too lazy so, I guess I‘ll just have to keep checking yours out.
LOL,