We just got home from our Fall US tour!  The shows were super-fun, and the long car rides have made us experts in the art of the crossword. Thanks to all the great people we met who came out to the shows, and to Skybox, The Love Language, and The Lovely Feathers for all the fun times. Memories of ping-pong tournaments (as spectators, obvi), Priceline parties, and ridiculous BBQ will keep us warm in chilly Toronto.

We just discovered that "Hometowns" is the #1 record on the Canadian college radio charts this week:http://www.chartattack.com/charts

Hey everyone,

Today's a big day for us- our record, Hometowns, is now available in stores across North America! iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, and other online retailers also have Hometowns, so you should be able to find it pretty easily!

You can also visit our website www.theraa.com to order a copy.

And hey, check out Pitchfork's review of the record: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com

Thanks for listening, and hopefully we'll see you soon on our tour...


The RAA

*** LOCATION: Calgary Location: Stephen Ave pedestrian mall near the Centre St intersection, on the stage in front of Winners - 6 pm today! ***

Our Alberta homecoming has been completely amazing, thanks entirely to the people who came out to see us and support us in Calgary and Edmonton.

And now it's ending in the most unlikely, and awesome way possible. We're a last minute addition to the Canada Day festivities in the City of Calgary. We're playing in a park, downtown at 6 pm. It's not Olympic Plaza, but apparently it's somewhere close by. It's so last minute that we don't have any details beyond that yet...... but we'll post them as soon as we do!

-The RAA

We've partnered with our good friend Yancey over at an awesome new website called Kickstarter to create a new project we hope you'll like. We're going to try and raise $5000 to make a limited-edition 7" vinyl record with reworked, reimagined versions of "Frank, AB" and "The Deadroads" (original versions of both are on Hometowns, out July 7 on Saddle Creek). 

Hey,

"Hometowns" is NOW available for pre-order at http://www.saddle-creek.com. And guess what else- you get a FREE instant MP3 download of the album with every pre-order! So you can listen to it now, and then get one in the mail. Awesome.

Cheers,
The RAA

Hey there,

We're pleased to announce some more summer tour dates:

05/22 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place

05/29 Brooklyn NY The Bell House

05/30 New York NY Mercury Lounge

06/20 Indianapolis, IN The Vollrath

06/21 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon

06/22 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry

06/23 Winnipeg, MB Royal Albert Arms

06/25 Calgary, AB Sled Island Fest

06/26 Calgary, AB Sled Island Fest

06/27 Edmonton, AB Brixx

06/30 Regina, SK The Club at The Exchange

07/05 Vancouver, BC Media Club

07/06 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern

07/07 Portland, OR

07/09 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill

07/10 Los Angeles, CA Echo

07/11 Phoenix, AZ Modified

07/13 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court

07/14 Denver, CO Hi Dive

07/15 Omaha, NE Slowdown

07/25 Guelph, ONT Hillside Festival

07/26 Guelph, ONT Hillside Festival

07/30 Toronto, ONT Horseshoe Tavern

08/08 Wolfe Island, ONT Wolfe Island Musicfest

08/24 Chicago, IL Downtown Sound / Pritzker Pavillion / Millenium Park

Check back soon for more info about these shows.
Hope to see you soon!

Cheers,
THe RAA

We're very excited to announce that we've signed to Saddle Creek Records!

http://pitchfork.com/news/35221-the-rural-alberta-advantage-sign-to-saddle-creek-re-release-debut-album/

Hometowns will be released July 7th in record stores across Canada and the United States. Woo!

We're also planning a summer tour right now- stay tuned for details on that.

Cheers,

The RAA

Hey, did you know that we're on Twitter? Because we totally are!

www.twitter.com/ruralalberta

Follow us on our crazy adventures...

Hello,

We were lucky enough to catch the attention of some bloggers, magazine writers and the like for our appearances at this year's SXSW festival. Here's a few things we've seen and been sent... hope you enjoy!

Pitchfork review of our show at Central Presbyterian Church:
http://pitchfork.com/news/..34868-sxsw-thu-grizzly-bea..r-vivian-girls-little-boot..s-the-rural-alberta-advant..age-girls-freeway/

The Onion AVclub's review:
http://www.avclub.com/arti..cles/music-seans-day-two-g..o-to-church,25500/

17 dots recaps the showcase:
http://17dots.com/2009/03/..20/sxsw-update-a-lil-bragg..ing-sorry/

Chromewaves' comprehensive coverage of the RAA in Austin:


Right after the church show on Thursday, we played a little show in the house we stayed in for Paste Magazine- watch video here:

And Wonderchroma gives us the Rock Star Treatment:

We're touring the USA this week with the Spinto Band...please check out the dates on our Myspace home page. Hope to see you!

Cheers,
The RAA