The Rural Alberta Advantage

In the organizer's words:

In the midst of the global pandemic, The Rural Alberta Advantage has taken an unusual strategy for releasing their new music. A series of new songs and "The Rise" EP have been released exclusively in North America with accompanying live shows. A full album by the trio from these same recordings will now be released in the fall of 2023 via Paper Bag/Saddle Creek Records. The latest single, "Plague Dogs," was recorded live during the band's sold-out Canadian tour in the fall before they returned home to record it. The accompanying video for the song features live footage from the band's sold-out show at Toronto's Danforth Music Hall.

The band's music connects us to untold stories that we all get to share in, reflect on, learn from, and possibly see from a different angle: the overview effect.

The Rural Alberta Advantage will bring your thundering drums, hammered keys, furious acoustics and crystal clear harmonies back to fans as they continue to have new music in the works. The upcoming tour will see the live debut of more new and yet-to-be-released songs.

More interesting support is Zoon, a shoegaze band from Hamilton, Ontario, whose core member is Anishinaabe musician Daniel Monkman and whose album "Bleached Wavves" was shortlisted for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize.

Originally from Selkirk, Manitoba and a member of the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, Monkman moved to Hamilton after stints in various cities across Canada. He gave up music for several years and struggled with drug and alcohol addiction during that time before sobering up with the help of the traditional Anishinaabe teachings of the Seven Grandfathers. His music combines shoegaze with elements of traditional First Nations music, self-described by Monkman as "moccasin-gaze." We're excited!

Price information:

25€ plus fees