The Rural Alberta Advantage play indie-rock songs about hometowns and heartbreak, born out of images from growing up in Central and Northern Alberta. Read More
t's never easy making a list of something you like. Read More
The Rural Alberta Advantage begs for Neutral Milk Hotel comparisons — see Paul Banwatt's nasal shout, or the ubiquitous fuzzed-out acoustic guitar — but they aren't entirely deserved. Read More
Wow, 2009 isn't even over and the folks at Canadian Music Fest have already jumped the gun by announcing their 2010 lineup. Read More
The show at Bottom of the Hill plays like a celebration for The Rural Alberta Advantage. Read More
Most band names are a play on words, an onomatopoeic orge of vowels and syllables. Read More
My parents put me into a music appreciation thing when I was in preschool. Read More
But we have said before in different interviews, Bottom of the Hill was one of our favorite shows. Read More
A pretty high quality, well-edited video here featuring the emcee stylings of Paul Slavens, the auctioneering prowess of Happy Bullet/cycling advocate/Oak Cliff activist Jason Roberts, the art of Art Conspiracy 5 and the stage presence of The Crash That Took Me as the seven-piece performs its phenomenal new song, "Patricia Lynn." If you didn't make it to Art Con 5, well, this is kinda the next best thing. Read More
Believe it or not, music videos still exist. Read More
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