Bridging The Atlantic — The Rural Alberta Advantage notified fans via Twitter yesterday that their new album Departing is available to Canadian iTunes customers ahead of the scheduled March 1st release date. I'm already a huge fan of the band, so had high hopes that ... more info

melophobe — Get into the heads of two music-lovers at a Rural Alberta Advantage show as they experience the performance of “Stamp” in their own ways. The omission of an actual venue setting helps you fixate on their thoughts and reactions. more info

Altsounds — *THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE ANNOUNCE TOUR** + PRE-ORDER DEPARTING ON LIMITED EDITION VINYL!* The Rural Alberta Advantage's Departing is available for pre-order on limited edition 180gram blue vinyl and CD! Both the CD and vinyl will ship out... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Jacob Blickenstaff The Rural Alberta Advantage played to a sold-out crowd at the Mercury Lounge on Wednesday January 13th. The band previewed their upcoming album, Departing in its entirety (out March 1st on Saddle-Creek Records), playing each sid... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — It was a cold bitter night when I was waiting outside of The Mercury Lounge last night. I wasn’t worried though. I knew that I was soon going to be warmed up by The Rural Alberta Advantage, and boy, was I ever. Brooklyn natives Soft Landing opened ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Rural Alberta Advantage @ Terminal 5 in January (more by Vincent Cornelli) today in NYC * Vassal States @ Zebulon * Tony Malaby @ The Stone * Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbes * Caveman, Teen @ Mercury Lounge * Shane... more info

Pop Headwound — MP3 :: On the Inside / BritchesMP3 :: Girlfriend / Ty SegallMP3 :: Decisions (ft. Yuksel Arslan) MP3 :: Bow Echo / Great ElkMP3 :: Never Follow Suit / The Radio Dept.MP3 :: Still Sound / Toro Y MoiMP3 :: Artichoke / PanditMP3 :: Stamp... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Rural Alberta Advantage have released their new song “Stamp” as a free mp3. It’s the first taste off their new album Departing. The band still maintain the sound found on their debut album, Hometowns, while also finding ways to advance it t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — the Rural Alberta Advantage at a BV day party @ Emo's (more by Tim Griffin) The Rural Alberta Advantage's 1/12 Mercury Lounge show is sold out, but luckily it won't be that long before they're back in town as part... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything from The Rurual Alberta Advantage. Hometowns was a mighty fine debut, and now the band are ready to follow up. On March 1st they will release their new album, Departing, via Saddle Creek. I really love... more info