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 →
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 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Live To Tell We're Scared Version
Cover Lay DownFollow “Ah, Madonna. Icon of my childhood, tormenter of my taste; a woman who gets little respect from the iconoclasts for…” on Aug 29th, 2012 →
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Under the Knife
Soft SignalFollow “You might have heard that our friends at Paper Bag Records have a birthday coming up. The label hits double…” on Aug 20th, 2012 →