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Written by: Matthew McGuire
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SxSW Music 2016 has a wide range of new talent to sink your teeth into. Last month, the festival announced Ra Ra Riot will be performing live on stage. The band is touring heavily to start off 2016, and left an opening in their tour schedule in March.

Jon Favreau has noted that SXSW is the place where filmmakers want to release their motion picture projects, and I am seeing a trend for artists to release new music on a national/international scale.

Ra Ra Riot fits the indie scene perfectly. The band has a new album coming out in February titled Need Your Light. They are currently on Barsuk Records, and let their music stand on its own.

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Need Your Light | Album Release Date 02-19-2016

All songs produced by Ryan Hadlock, except for Water and I Need Your Light, which were produced by Rostam Batmanglij.

Vinyl is a limited edition pressing on translucent Teal. Pre-order is available now, and digital release will also be on 2/19/2016. Scope out the track listing below.

1. Water
2. Absolutely
3. Foreign Lovers
4. I Need Your Light
5. Bad Times
6. Call Me Out
7. Instant Breakup
8. Every Time I’m Ready To Hug
9. Bouncy Castle
10. Suckers

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Tour Dates

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What will you stream to start 2016? @RaRaRiot want to know—use #YearofAbsolutely & share your New Year’s playlist! https://t.co/aCjWjUwuuD

— Spotify USA (@SpotifyUSA) January 1, 2016

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Truth! This should tide you over till February 21. cc: @rarariot https://t.co/aXz6btFoXd https://t.co/G0Ml9fzqor

— Mountain Stage (@MountainStage) December 29, 2015

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