The Rural Alberta Advantage at First Ave

From Toronto, Canada

First Twin Cities show since since March 25, 2011 • Fifth Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since June 22, 2009

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From last.fm:

Toronto-based trio The Rural Alberta Advantage (Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole, and Paul Banwatt) play indie-rock songs about hometowns and heartbreak, born out of images from growing up in Central and Northern Alberta. They sing about summers in the Rockies and winters on the farm, ice breakups in the spring time and the oil boom’s charm, the mine workers on compressed, the equally depressed, the city’s slow growth and the country’s wild rose, but mostly the songs just try to embrace the advantage of growing up in Alberta. The Rural Alberta Advantage on Last.fm.

From Wisconsin

First Twin Cities show since since April 9, 2011 • First Mainroom show • Fifth Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since July 7, 2008

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From last.fm:

Stacked melodies, distorted organs, stretched chords, reimagined vocals: Collections of Colonies of Bees/ Volcano Choir multi-instrumentalist Thomas Wincek drops his Emotional Joystick handle for the glorious themes of All Tiny Creatures. During the 17-minute titular piano triumph of "Segni" and through the luminous haze of "Street Lights Ten Thousand Feet," ATC's debut EP builds four ideas into four engrossing instrumentals. Read more about All Tiny Creatures on Last.fm.

Added to bill on Aug 21