Once a week, Stack delivers a mix of the most interesting new music on the web, handpicked by the Hype Machine team. Here's a recent mix.
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Real Life
Americana UKFollow “Expanded set from Canadian indie rock band is all-consuming in its musical power. ‘The Rise & The Fall’ is the…” on Oct 6th, 2023 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Conductors
BrooklynVeganFollow “So many artists, so many songs, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all…” on Sep 6th, 2023 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - In The Summertime
HI54Follow “Canada gets a lot of stick for our overt niceness, being obsessed with hockey and a bunch of other harmless…” on Jul 1st, 2022 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - 3 Sisters
We All Want Someone To Shout ForFollow “The Rural Alberta Advantage recently returned with their new EP The Rise, which was released via Saddle Creek / Paper…” on May 18th, 2022 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - CANDU
Exclaim!Follow “As originally published by Alex Hudson on Exclaim! Following the Rural Alberta Advantage's recent return with two new songs, the…” on Mar 28th, 2022 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Runners in the Night
HI54Follow “Every week I shuffle up all the songs I’ve liked over the years—well, all the songs I was smrt enough…” on Dec 13th, 2021 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - The Ballad of The RAA
DOMINIONATEDFollow “The Rural Alberta Advantage’s debut remains a long-distance collect call to a past marked by angst, energy, heartbreak, and harmonies.…” on Oct 24th, 2020 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Don't Haunt This Place
HI54Follow “In search of a routine more likely to get a fresh HI54 Mix Tape out the door every week, I…” on Jul 23rd, 2020 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Toughen Up
Concrete OpinionsFollow ““[The title track] was essentially a song about depression. Going through a dark time and it takes you over and…” on Dec 23rd, 2017 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Beacon Hill
I Left Without My HatFollow “Dans la série « on a décidé d’avoir un nom à la con », faisons place à The Rural Alberta…” on Sep 24th, 2017 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Eye Of The Tiger (Survivor Cover)
Cover Lay DownFollow “In June of 2011 our town made national news when a tornado tore through our downtown valley and up the…” on Jun 6th, 2016 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Starman (David Bowie cover)
This Is That SongFollow “A lot of people woke up to the very sad news today that David Bowie has passed. A lot of…” on Jan 11th, 2016 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - On The Rocks
The RevueFollow ““What? They’re not from there?” Ever ask that question to a friend or even mutter it to yourself when learning…” on Aug 14th, 2015 →
Funeral Advantage - 2Late (The Cure)
PowerpopulistFollow “We've struggled through the week regretting we hadn't shared with you all we'd recently found at Soundcloud. So let us…” on May 21st, 2015 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Terrified
The 405Follow “Every year the music press falls over itself to bet on 'ones to watch', they're either safe bets with an…” on Dec 23rd, 2014 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Stamp
Indie ObsessiveFollow “Bottom line concert impression: Sometimes you have to tip your hat to the musical knowledge of your fellow attendees. It’s…” on Oct 28th, 2014 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Frank, AB
EARMILKFollow “Canada's The Rural Alberta Advantage's new song "Terrified" disguises itself as an acoustic folk song for about ten seconds before…” on Jul 9th, 2014 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Four Night Rider
The Morning AfterFollow “Its been cold but perfect on Vancouver Island the last couple days. Now they’re saying snow by Monday? I could…” on Feb 6th, 2014 →
Funeral Advantage - 2 Late (The Cure Cover)
Sounds Better With ReverbFollow “As the band name suggests, Funeral Advantage isn’t the sunniest of listens! The Boston bedroom pop project have released this…” on Feb 8th, 2013 →