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The Rural Alberta Advantage “Tornado 87′” (Video)

November 16th, 2011

Writer and director Scott Cudmore brings us the music video for “Tornado 87′” by Toronto-based band, The Rural Alberta Advantage. He stretches the three-and-a-half minute track into an eight-and-a-half minute short film, as he tells the story of the tornado that took place in Edmonton in 1987, that singer and guitarist Nils Edenloff remembers so [...]

Tags: Departing, Nils Edenloff, Scott Cudmore, the rural alberta advantage, Tornado 87'
Posted in Blog, The Wedge, Videos | Posted by Simone |

The Wedge Playlist for August 17

August 17th, 2011

For the week of August 17, The Wedge featured videos from The Drums, Foster The People, Fucked Up, PS I Love You ft. Diamond Rings, Beady Eye, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Teebs, Bon Iver, Toro Y Moi, OFF!, and Circle Jerks. The Drums Money Universal Foster The People Helene Beat Columbia/Sony Director: Ace Norton Fucked [...]

Tags: Beady Eye, Bon Iver, Circle Jerks, Diamond Rings, Foster the People, fucked up, OFF!, PS I Love You, Teebs, The Drums, the rural alberta advantage, Toro Y Moi
Posted in Blog, Playlist, The Wedge | Posted by Simone |

Review: The Rural Alberta Advantage’s Departing

March 1st, 2011

The Rural Alberta Advantage Departing (Paper Bag) B+ Need to know: Torontonians Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole and Paul Banwatt (also of Woodhands) struck gold in 2008 when their debut album Hometowns was given a push by digital retailer eMusic. The success saw the band re-release the album on Saddle Creek (U.S.) and Paper Bag (Canada), [...]

Tags: Departing, the rural alberta advantage
Posted in Blog, Review, The Wedge | Posted by Cam |

Watch Damian and Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew go tobogganing

Arcade Fire, Weezer, Drake, Metric to play Ottawa Bluesfest

April 21st, 2010

Canada may not have Glastonbury, Lollapalooza or Coachella, but the once-small Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest is slowly creeping up on becoming one of those internationally-renowned mega music festivals. Taking place in downtown Ottawa from July 7th to July 18th, the capital city will welcome the likes of Arcade Fire, Weezer, Drake, The Flaming Lips, Rush, Alexisonfire, [...]

Tags: alexisonfire, arcade fire, Blonde Redhead, down with webster, drake, Faber Drive, Iron Maiden, Joan Jett, Keith Urban, lights, marianas trench, metric, Ottawa Bluesfest, passion pit, Rush, The Flaming Lips, The Hold Steady, the rural alberta advantage, weezer, Woodhands
Posted in Blog, Concerts & Events, News | Posted by Cam |

Jesse Hits the Indies

March 29th, 2010

One of the highlights of Canadian Music Week is always The Indie Awards. This year, the awards boasted an awesome lineup of performers like Great Lake Swimmers, Plants and Animals, and The Rural Alberta Advantage. Jesse Giddings hit up the show to ask the nominees and winners about how they got to this point in [...]

Tags: canadian music week, Constantines, great lake swimmers, Plants and Animals, The Indie Awards, the rural alberta advantage, Vry Webb
Posted in Blog | Posted by Jessica F |

First Spin O’Rama!

July 8th, 2009

We like to be generous here at the good old ‘blog, and give out presents to everyone just because we feel like it (or because Tom Felton is on MOD today and we want to get his attention). Ahem. So, stemming from the goodness of our collective hearts, I bring you the most recent albums [...]

Tags: billy talent, discovery, first spins, marcy playground, the most serene republic, the rural alberta advantage
Posted in Music & Videos | Posted by Jessica M |