| Rural Alberta Advantage, The / Hometowns |
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| Album: | Hometowns | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Rural Alberta Advantage, The | Added: | Jul 2009 | |
| Label: | Saddle Creek | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-09-27 | Pull Date: | 2009-11-29 |
| Week Ending: | Nov 29 | Nov 22 | Nov 15 | Nov 8 | Nov 1 | Oct 25 | Oct 18 | Oct 11 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 06, 2022: | KZSU Time Traveler Frank, Ab | 4. | May 06, 2016: | Time Traveler Frank, Ab | |
| 2. | Sep 09, 2021: | Time Traveler (rebroadcast from Oct 2, 2015) The Ballad Of The Raa | 5. | Oct 02, 2015: | Time Traveler The Ballad Of The Raa | |
| 3. | May 11, 2016: | Kick Out The Blues Frank, Ab | 6. | Apr 24, 2015: | Time Traveler Sleep All Day, Frank, Ab |
| Album Review |
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| Adam Pearson Reviewed 2009-09-16 | ||
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Neutral Milk Hotel impersonators with an even greater tendency to glossy pop. Conor Oberst’s label picked up this buzz band from Canada, known as a great live act, and one of Canada’s best unsigned groups. This is a little too ‘indie pop’ for me, but maybe someone will like it. They are Neutral Milk Hotel idolizers with an inclination to synthesizers and flashy dance pop. The record sounds a little hollow; only the drumming sounds particularly impressive (but usually distracts a bit) while a lot of the instrumentation sounds thin. Vocals are rough-edged wails that also demonstrate the Mangum fixation. A few good songs in here anyway. No FCCs. 1. Melancholy electro dance indie pop with strained vocals, glock, cello comes in, beat gets dancier, slows down to strum. (3:28) 2. Folk strum augmented by big beat, handclaps, sounds like Neutral Milk Hotel. (1:54) 3. Wavering vocals with big percussion, electric strumfest. (2:13) 4. More flashy drumming, sounds like 1… more sad electro indie pop, backing female vocals, dramatic strings. (2:32) 5. Another fast tempo percussion fest, more strummy, backing female ooohs and ahhs. (2:41) 6. Slower but drums are as prominent and stuttery as ever, tune is more simplistic, easy to like. (2:48) *7. Sounds western, dark, big percussion comes in, horns come in and this is definitely a NMH moment but it’s also fantastic. (2:55) 8. Dancy electro-pop with synth fixation, ends with dramatic a capella and dark lyrics. (3:25) 9. Slower, mellow, a respite from the rest of the blistering pacing, simplistic piano lightly jingles along acoustic strumming. (3:24) 10. Electro intro with cello, arpeggiating guitars, more subdued percussion, tambourine. (3:44) 11. Great brief pop song, intense, short, dynamic. (1:52) *12. Apparently a live favorite, catchy guitar and vocal line, drums build up. (3:49) 13. Another one-note synthline builds electro indie pop. (2:36) | ||
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