Ra Ra Riot and Vampire Weekend form Discovery

text: Matt Carr

Ra Ra Riot frontman Wes Miles and Vampire Weekend keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij started recording as Discovery in late 2007. The side project currently has two songs on its Myspace and expects to a release an album sometime this year. Take a listen and let us know what you think.

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10 comments thus far ...

  1. 1derek Tue Apr 28, 2009 | 05:24 am

    this is sort of catchy, but overall, i’m not feeling it.

  1. 2d Wed Apr 29, 2009 | 11:36 am

    this is fucking legit. so into this.

  1. 3touchy Wed Apr 29, 2009 | 02:47 pm

    think it’d be better w/o the lyrics

  1. 4becca Wed Apr 29, 2009 | 11:18 pm

    I LOVE IT! <3333

  1. 5graham Thu Apr 30, 2009 | 03:38 am

    so so so very good

  1. 6Mizmargauxxx Thu Apr 30, 2009 | 11:19 am

    super hotness! I’m loving this! what a good find!

  1. 7kyle Thu Jun 18, 2009 | 06:22 pm

    so fresh. all of their new tracks are so creative and well done

  1. 8gadfly Wed Sep 30, 2009 | 02:21 pm

    Agree with Derek, and both groups have done much better work

  1. 9Goggs Wed Sep 30, 2009 | 07:03 pm

    Amazing, totally in love

  1. 10droids Wed Nov 11, 2009 | 01:59 am

    really just goes with the flow...very cool

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Was at the gorge.. and the first night was the most incredible night of my life.. I have never in my life felt so consumed and overwhelmed.  This was my first live Phish show.. just went to Festival 8.. and I will never forget the special times at the Gorge or Festival 8.  Amazing pictures!  Well done.

by Ki on Fri Dec 11, 2009 at 05.52 pm from the entry: Phish - The Gorge Amphitheatre (George, WA; Aug. 7th, 2009)

Might be mislabeled by the taper. Is there a longer intro on Sugarcube? If so, that’s the intro.

And The Story of Yo La Tengo was pretty damn good wasn’t it?

by colin on Fri Dec 11, 2009 at 05.28 pm from the entry: Download a Yo La Tengo show: live in Portland (soundboard/audience matrix)

Yeah, I didn’t want to miss the last MAX since I don’t know Portland that well.  At any rate, I left after seeing Story of Yo La Tango, so I couldn’t have been any happier.

In my excitement downloading this I didn’t even realize it was a matrix… unbelievably good quality!  Maybe it’s just me, but I should point out that I’m missing track 19.  I see it’s just an intro but it might be missing in the zip folder you posted.

by Caleb on Fri Dec 11, 2009 at 05.09 pm from the entry: Download a Yo La Tengo show: live in Portland (soundboard/audience matrix)

neat photos, but how can you not be familiar with moby? what old tracks did he play, does he vary much from the albums? more info please....

by sarah on Fri Dec 11, 2009 at 04.01 pm from the entry: Moby - Crystal Ballroom (Portland, OR; Oct. 19, 2009)

Glad you got a chance to hear how it ended. I HATE it when I have to leave early. It drives me crazy.

by colin on Fri Dec 11, 2009 at 12.36 pm from the entry: Download a Yo La Tengo show: live in Portland (soundboard/audience matrix)

Red Cortez sounds pretty good, from listening to their MySpace afterward - driving rock with hints of blues and soul.Perhaps they need time to tweek their live sound, as a handful of dedicated fans who clearly knew the music stood up front,singing along and flashing their cameras.

by Home theater discount on Fri Dec 11, 2009 at 07.48 am from the entry: Red Cortez - Radio Room (SXSW 2009; Mar. 18, 2009)

Thank you for distributing this (and thank you for taping, whoever that was!)!

I was on a trip to Oregon from Canada when I attended this show.  Unfortunately I had to leave before the encore and I’ve been dying to see what I missed.  Now I can relive the amazing moments and finally hear the encore!
Cheers

by Caleb on Fri Dec 11, 2009 at 06.44 am from the entry: Download a Yo La Tengo show: live in Portland (soundboard/audience matrix)

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