Blog: The Bay Bridged

The Rural Alberta Advantage - "Frank, AB" As I mentioned in the notes for this week's podcast, The Rural Alberta Advantage were a SXSW highlight, with an amazing set full of emotion and energy that reached a cathartic apex in the trio's in-the-audience performance of the song "Goodnight" ( video here ). The trio's stripped-down rock is built around insistent melodies, and the songs capitalize by being short and to-the-point. Hometowns , the group's debut album, was re-released yesterday on Saddle Creek , and it's quite [...]

• The Rural Alberta Advantage - Frank, AB