We All Want Someone To Shout For — Toronto trio The Rural Alberta Advantage returned this year with their fourth album The Wild, which was released in October via Paper Bag Records. On November 4 the band returned to Bowery Ballroom for a performance in support of the new record (they... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Beck's Colors, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile's Lotta Sea Lice, The Rural Alberta Advantage's The Wild, St. Vincent's MASSEDUCTION, and Stars' There Is No Love In Fluorescent Light are the new albums I can highly recommend this week. Archival... more info

Stereogum — Next week, folksy and grounded Canadian trio the Rural Alberta Advantage will release The Wild, their new album. They've already shared the songs "White Lights" and "Beacon Hill," and now they've also shared "Toughen Up," a song that combines gleamin... more info

Stereogum — Rootsy Canadian folk-stompers the Rural Alberta Advantage have just announced that they'll release a new album called The Wild in October, the follow-up to 2014's Mended With Gold . It features "Beacon Hill" and "White Lights," two tracks they put o... more info

Stereogum — For over a decade now, the Rural Alberta Advantage have been making live-wire rock music with political underpinnings and a distinctive sense of place, mostly derived from the chilly and bleak landscapes of their Canadian upbringing. Later this year,... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Canadian The Rural Alberta Advantage returned to New York on November 9 for the first of two nights at Baby’s All Right in Williamsburg. This juncture of tour was my first time seeing the band with new member Robin Hatch, who has stepped in for lon... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Toronto band will be road-testing new material. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Toronto's The Rural Alberta Advantage are currently on tour with July Talk in support of their new album Mended with Gold (order yours), and that tour begins its 2-night run at NYC's Bowery Ballroom tonight (11/13) and continues Friday... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Lucinda Williams: Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone The Rural Alberta Advantage's Mended With Gold is my personal favorite new album this week. Prince released two new albums this week, Art Official Age and Plectrumelectrum. Reissues include a... more info

Stereogum — The Rural Alberta Advantage are getting ready for a busy fall season once they release their new album, Mended With Gold, and begin a massive tour. Today they share album cut “Runners In The Night,” which moves with a kind of rustic swagger and f... more info