I generally spending my time introducing you to Canadian musicians whose work I love and admire. Today we celebrate Canada Day, Canada's national holiday, and so I thought I'd do something a little different. Today I'm going to let the musicians speak for themselves, and tell you about the nation they call home. Here, five [...]
I opted to re-listen to Nils Edenloff's opus Hometowns during my bi-monthly trek from Calgary to Edmonton this weekend. Driving across the prairies on a road you've driven you're entire life down does well to enhance the already abundant sense of nostalgia dripping from The Rural Alberta Advantage's gorgeous debut. Edmonton is the setup track to [...]

es ist ein bisschen wie in filmszenen, in denen die weibliche hauptdarstellerin ihrem geliebten auf folgende weise ihre schwangerschaft offenbart: "baby, ich bin schwanger aber..." "ja, schatz?" "... aber das kind ist nicht von dir." auf meine situation übersetzt geht das ganze ungefähr so: "hallo, mein name ist "hometowns" von the rural alberta advantage und ich bin dein neues lieblingsalbum aber ... aber ich bin schon 2009 erschienen." autsch! es ist doch immer wieder das gleiche. da machst du dir wochenlang gedanken über deine alben des jahres, durchstöberst musikmagazine und [...]
The Rural Alberta Advantage released their first album, "Hometowns", this year and it's probably one of the most overlooked albums in the blogosphere. This album has really impressed me. It has just about everything you'll want in a great album; great hooks, a good singer, and excellent lyrics. Then what's even more [...]

The Rural Alberta Advantage have had a terrific year (even if you still don't know who they are), they were featured on this website (which I've never been to) eMusic - apparently a big deal, they've played a bunch of shows all over the place, they've been on ABC (like, the TV network), and they've been signed to Saddle Creek Records (Bright Eyes, Tokyo Police Club). This, IMHO, is a little ways from playing in front of me, Liz, and possibly 5 other people at the Alex P. Keaton (London, On) last March [...]