hip hop

FarOut

2014

dukes

road noise

Saturday closing beats

Harder JamZ

Stuff!

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Excision - Shambhala 2013 Mix

v1.2 is this better who knows hmm
dicepticon on yonder beat

lyrics:
consumer culture got em hitting the block
like mario hitting a brick with his fist and kicking it off
envy and sloth a monopoly toppling
idiocracy prophecy got em speaking the gobbledygook
cause people currently are currency addicts
and cryptonumismatists steady collecting coin for the kill
acrobatics of the market flipping like phones
gotta make your bones spitting frequently frequency tones

green hill zone and im sonic assaulting
title exhalted im blowing out the avenue baltic
observations of the datasets embracing the future of science
fueled by my diet of knowledge and cryptoalliance
gotta buy this bias cuz im blessed with the touch of midas
im the flyest motherfucking johnny unitas
im so pious Almighty Spam God behind us
got the finest in the universe right here for your highness

cept minus a dynasty guidance a counselor cometh
try to school a generation when im hitting affiliate summits
in your city i bump it i forrest gump it
got the function running on the puter while(1) accomplish
put that on pocahontas cursor arrow to bow
officers up on my bridge all yellin "make it so"
got the grape dro in the cannon mad culture like dannon
hacking phreaking spamming

on a quest to make the beating of the forces of evil illegal
they codified a little glass steagall
prohibition on that chivas regal
had all the gangsters in the past going bugsy siegel
now people betting on the liberty eagle but its a feeble attempt
cuz them dollars were spent in advance in any event on "defence"
all bets are off in the market of medals
except uranium cuz nukes are always on a leaders cranium

false flag say "they were gonna bomb a stadium"
in 80 some days and how much they deserve praise
for stopping a catastrophic problem they causing themselves
imprison citizens the number one mission prevails
whistleblowers you can pack up your whistles
because a fiscal criminal the one who avoid the missles for shizzle
you fuck with snowden and the systems broken
they got a racket running like a second us open

every college student idealistic
about the change they can affect up on the world with their business
but the truth is they got a product that was sold to em sloppily
now theyre sitting under a mountain of debt they state property
this monopoly money they printing
is only getting worse and we twice bitten
so now the fitting thing to do would be to start a revolution
fire up the troops son you know what to do son

got a lot of ways to wage war
against these weapons of destruction that we paid for
yea they make more using slave labor
building all them gadgets for your neighbor so itll take more
than just a bunch of people standing in city park
waving signs and yelling at the bankers from morning till dark
i aint advocating violence but im bucking compliance
because requirements of a patriot include defiance

open your eyes (v1.2 beta lolim)

Dessa "Fighting Fish (The Hood Internet Remix)"

Red Light, Green Light

Produced By: The Architect
Mixed By: The Architect
Additional Vox: Espa

Red Light, Green Light feat. Espa

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Noosa - Clocktower (Sound Remedy Remix)

Buy on iTunes

Jiu-Jitsu (Gaian Music from your Planet) [Feat. DJ IQ of the Handroidz]

Broken ButterFlies (Birthing Sounds of Various Orion Hybrids)

We've been in the studio making a ton of songs with a new album in mind and are really pumped about how things are turning out. Wanted to drop this leaker track off early while it's still fresh to let people know we're getting back at it. You can download it right now from iTunes (http://smarturl.it/dtr38a) and Bandcamp (http://bit.ly/dtr38a).

Our 500-page photo book Every Single Day is available here: http://bit.ly/dtrbook. Watch this video to preview the book and hear some old stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbISWns5eXI

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DOOMTREE ".38 Airweight"

A remix by clipping. - https://soundcloud.com/clppng
Hunger of the Pine available on 'This Is All Yours'
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Story 4: Sleeplessly Embracing (a remix by clipping.)

Field Notes, the brand new seven song project from Sims, finds the Minneapolis rapper in fine form, spitting poignant razor sharp lyrics over larger than life productions from Cecil Otter, Paper Tiger, Icetep and Plain Ole Arson.

produced by @icetep

Sims "They Don't Work For Us"

Field Notes, the brand new seven song project from Sims, finds the Minneapolis rapper in fine form, spitting poignant razor sharp lyrics over larger than life productions from Doomtree’s own Cecil Otter and Paper Tiger, as well as newcomers ICETEP and Plain Ole Arson.

Lyrics:
The place I’m standing in, planted with mannequins
painted in their calendars, it’s dinner with the Blandersons
talk about their business and the stale ideas they champion
Christian Coalition save the sinners on the campuses
they pulled their weapons out, they had a banner year
I know no prison I just yell it in their ear
I know no average men, I’m stone cold analyst
behind those pearly eyes evil I recognize what’s happening

uh huh, uh huh, they think they’re pulling one over
uh huh, uh huh, and they keep telling me that it’s over

Now I ain’t no atheist aching or making blanketed statements
I’ll just say it, they way they play it is dangerous
which last day is it? who do I save again? who am I pagan then?
I’m lost, I’m gone
the rest gonna pay the cost for you to bear that cross
ending of the clear-cut path, follow but you end up lost
won’t come back, y’all know that, I suggest you throttle back
but instead you’re on the gas, the match, the scratch
you make the world go boom
gonna end it too soon, so I left the room
the things they say, they things they do
I’m anti red and anti blue
I could’ve shut my mouth after Bad Time Zoo
but then there’s you

uh huh, uh huh, they think they’re pulling one over
uh huh, uh huh, and they keep telling me that it’s over

now you knew it
it’s fruitless like a rhyme with oranges
the results are manufactured like a war on christmas
a distraction from the war between the muslims and christians
and you get like, “eww, shit, well that’s none of my business”
and I ain’t no judge or jury but you’re spending my taxes
and the tactics in practice are indefensibly backwards
the problem with dominance is the outcome is ominous
honest to god
none of them are honest to god
they insist that it’s this, or that’s it
take a buck but they wont give an inch
who’s convinced?
the things they say, they things they do
I’m anti red and anti blue
I could’ve shut my mouth after Bad Time Zoo
but then there’s you 


uh huh, uh huh, they think they’re pulling one over
uh huh, uh huh, and they keep telling me that it’s over

Okay, there’s Pat, and Jack, and Roxanne
with a new spin and a new plan on an old planet
with no room for me to stand
so I’ll drink this Kool Aid and I’ll catch this comet
a common climate
there’s no air up there, down here
but I got long hair, don’t care, caveman
furthermore my ancestors never rode on dinosaurs
I’ve been having this argument for 6,000 years
and it only brought me here
but I only state facts, they disregard math
they say he’s on the way back 
and they legislate that
so I talk shit and hold my dick like, “you don’t know nothing”
sell me another last day and see if I give you something
uh huh

Sims "Uh Huh"

http://youtu.be/8_mWtBCyKUI

Sims announces the release of Field Notes, a collection of 7 new tracks set for release on September 2nd through Doomtree Records. Following 2011’s critically acclaimed Bad Time Zoo LP, Field Notes finds the Minneapolis rapper in fine form, spitting poignant, razor-sharp lyrics over larger than life productions from Doomtree’s own Cecil Otter and Paper Tiger, as well as newcomers ICETEP and Plain Ole Arson (Ryan Olson x Plain Ole Bill). 

Field Notes is available for pre-order today on the Doomtree webstore and digitally via iTunes and Bandcamp. All pre-orders include the first single “Uh Huh” as an instant grat track.

Pre-order Sims' Field Notes today!
CD/Deluxe: http://store.doomtree.net
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/fieldnotes
Bandcamp: http://sims.bandcamp.com

Sims plays a hometown show at First Avenue on August 23rd with Astronautalis (who pops up for a guest appearance on the Field Notes track “This Is The Place”). Tickets to #AstroSims2 can be purchased here: http://bit.ly/AstroSims2

Sims hits the road for a month-long run with Australian hip-hop group Hilltop Hoods. The North American tour starts in San Francisco on August 28th and wraps up September 28th in Cambridge, MA. Full tour dates are listed below and tickets are on sale now. 
Sims 2014 Tour Dates / http://doomtree.net/events
8.16.14 – Omaha, NE – MAHA Music Festival^
8.30.14 – St. Paul, MN – Minnesota State Fair Grandstand^
8.23.14 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue*
8.28.14 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
8.29.14 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
9.03.14 - Kansas City, MO - Riot Room
9.04.14 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
9.05.14 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
9.06.14 - Fort Collins, CO - Aggie Theater
9.07.14 - Park City, UT - Park City Live
9.09.14 - West Hollywood, CA - The Roxy Theatre
9.11.14 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
9.12.14 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
9.13.14 - Victoria, BC - Rifflandia Festival
9.15.14 - Whistler, BC - Garfinkel's
9.17.14 - Banff, AB - Wild Bill's Legendary Saloon
9.18.14 - Edmonton, AB - Dinwoodie
9.19.14 - Calgary, AB - The Gateway - SAIT Campus
9.20.14 - Saskatoon, SK - O'Brians Event Centre
9.24.14 - Montreal, QC - Cabaret Underworld
9.25.14 - Toronto, ON - The Hoxton
9.27.14 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
9.28.14 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs

Lyrics:
Well I stepped up my cleats on 
and that chin music is my theme song
that brush off, that write off, I just use that as a deduction
that mean mugging don’t mean nothing
hold the line, I play the whole 9 
I steal second, I scrape for mine
you can take the signs or you can pay no mind
I’m on the verge, hold the sermon
like I told the purists, if I played it safe I would’ve sold insurance
so I kill it ’til it’s dead, till it ’til it grows
get it on the road then tour it ’til it’s old
like any good crow I never tip toe around a motherfucking straw man
make me like amen, or god damn, or something 
like money for nothing 
in common
I came up on ramen
nine of us and we’re lining up 
and you must be high on that diamond dust
now I’m grinding out until my time is up

I didn’t come to play games, I came to win
I get it in then I’m in the wind and I ain’t no average citizen
I ain’t living in that bitter end 
I come to stack my dividends and then bounce

I am the chem trail in your easy mac
Sims Jong Il to all you Tumbl’ing amnesiacs
faking funk and celiacs 
got me out here feeling old on my Holden Caulfield calling phony
I’m from the land of Uncle Ole’s yelling fuck the police
Axel Foley your magic kingdom, leave a mess on your linoleum
In the kitchen with a downgraded Pluto enriching Plutonium
these molly poppers went too based, looking Rob Ford
that ain’t flavor that’s Kool Aid, you’re skating on a long board 
I’m taking shots singing C-Murder until I wind up on the floor
then I’m Hasselhoffing this cheeseburger, call you up around four
I’m Nick Caging this Vegas, I’m lighting up these stages
they say baseless shit to get famous, they're Jim Rome, they’re Skip Bayless
sunglasses and bail money, my cunning and my homies
we’re running, we’re hungry, you stay praying on some pony
stay blue Lonely Boy, southsider, outlier, the gasoline to your house fire
and I ride this shit ’til there are no tires

I didn’t come to play games, I came to win
I get it in then I’m in the wind and I ain’t no average citizen
I ain’t living in that bitter end
I come to stack my dividends and then bounce

iTunes

Sims "SIMS JONG IL"

"On The Rocks"
from the album Mended With Gold
Out September 30th, 2014 worldwide.

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The Rural Alberta Advantage - On The Rocks

"CLAPP'D" CREDITS
Raps by Mike Mictlan
Produced by RedVelvet Beats for NAIMA
Co-Produced by Cecil Otter and Lazerbeak

Doomtree’s Mike Mictlan announces the release of HELLA FRREAL. Set for release on October 27th, the 10-track album features Mike’s rapid-fire lyrics over larger-than-life production from Cecil Otter, RedVelvet Beats, 2% Muck, 1990, Mike Frey, JuanL, and Lazerbeak, with guests Greg Grease, Ceschi, and Aby Wolf all along for the ride.
  
Mictlan has long been known as a spitter; he writes technical patterns and can deliver them at speed. He's also a natural performer--never plainer than when he takes center stage at First Avenue and ignites the entire room with a dance, a look, a gesture--he knows just how long a pause will springload an audience so it's primed to erupt at the next punchline. On HELLA FRREAL we hear the Mike we know, harder and sharper. We hear a new Mike too--we're let behind the curtain for a few earnest moments that were harder to find on his previous releases.  

HELLA FRREAL is currently available for pre-order from iTunes and the Doomtree webstore. Each pre-order will receive lead single “CLAPP’D” as an instant grat track.  Those who order from the Doomtree webstore will also receive a signed digi-pak CD, access to a private LiveStream chat with Mike, and a HELLA FRREAL sticker. The Doomtree webstore will also offer a deluxe pre-order that includes everything in the standard version, plus a screen-printed patch and a one-of-a-kind individualized t-shirt exclusive to this pre-order.  

Lyrics:
It’s all good
No it ain’t
Cuz I’m thinking exactly the polar opposite
That’s just something that we gotta say when we wanna cover up
Or turn a bad thing, positive
They shootin –
but nobody made em look
They gotta ghetto life fetish
Middle class circus
at a Lower class zoo
Quarter life conflict we all
Drug War Veterans
Not everybody from the hood is a killer or a dealer or a villain
Everybody in the hood wanna do something better
For they life and they children
Anybody ever tell you different
They prolly lying tryna sell you something
Ain’t nobody tryna hear that woofin
Not a motherfucker in this world’ll tell me nothing
& somebody gonna play that game
THEY SAY IT”S ONLY FOR THE BIGBOYZ + GIRLZ 
But every game is really played the same
You gotta play it if you wanna get a turn
Hundred grand in the hand
what chu look at the pistol end for?
Spin it, close your eyes
All you hear is a click
Click – Click Click
HEAR NO CLAP
FEEL NO HEAT
CLICK then….
Whatchu gonna do now?
Click lock shoot bang ya dead (man) GOT CLAPP”D!!
Give the MANN- a HANND he might get CLAPP’D!!

It was a cruel summer
now get ready for a cold winter
Hot burners from slow dinners
Fast Streets
Private Soldiers for dough lenders
Whiter the crack, the wider the white of the eyes in em
And the meth venom
The dope sent em down the river and thru the hoods to red door clinic
Its no different from inherited wealth but
We only inherit the struggle that goes with it
Post no bills Ghosts in a shell system
Scapegoats they worship the lone shepherd
Willingly manipulated -- low effort
But who gives a fuck when you're broke, frozen in gold
Somebody tell me why Abdulle got shot
Was it the feds? Was it a plot?
All I know is I’ma hold his spot
Don’t even trip young bruvv
Hatchmarks in the clot
Last seconds on the clock
Tell em to Shoot for the moon
but not to aim at the block
nuthin bout a glock ever show me
how to Work a plan
CLAIM MY SPACE
Call it State Of Mind-Kurdistan

Whatchu gonna do now?
Click lock shoot bang ya dead (man) GOT CLAPP”D!!
Give the MANN- a HANND he just got CLAPP’D!!

Mike Mictlan "CLAPP'D"

Doomtree's Mike Mictlan sounding real mean over that Bobby Shmurda beat. Rap Won't Save You.



SHMURDA GAME

Death

Buy on iTunes: http://bit.ly/FaroutProf
Buy at Fifth Element: http://bit.ly/FaroutFE
Watch the Music Video: http://bit.ly/FaroutVideo

Produced by 84 Caprice

Catch Prof on Atmosphere's North of Hell tour:
11.02.14 - Iowa City, IA - Blue Moose Tap House 
11.04.12 - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
11.05.14 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom 
11.06.14 - Little Rock, AR - Juanita's Cantina
11.07.14 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
11.10.14 - Houston, TX - House of Blues
11.11.14 - New Orleans, LA - Tipitina's 
11.12.14 - Atlanta, GA - Center Stage
11.14.14 - Richmond, VA - The National 
11.15.14 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live
11.16.14 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
11.17.14 - New Haven, CT - Toad's Place 
11.18.14 - Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
11.20.14 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue Theater 
11.21.14 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection 
11.22.14 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom

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Prof - Farout

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"When I first made the beat for 'Kiln', my heart was overcome with an unexplainable sadness, a blanket of melancholia, that enveloped it's playful rhythm. I knew from that point forward that my co-conspirator and I were to be sentenced, that day."  --Rob Sonic

"'Kiln' is the most dynamic song of all time. It's a tale documenting the very source of Hail Mary Mallon's power: Emotional Entertainment."  --Aesop Rock

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Hail Mary Mallon - Kiln

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A PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED 12-minute mix of SFR classics by BUDDY PEACE!

This mix is available (plus 11 bonus tracks spanning the history of the label!) with purchase of a NEW SFR "Til The Grave Takes Us" Zip Hoodie! 

Details & full tracklisting available at http://tinyurl.com/TilTheGraveTakesUs

This Minimix features:
PROLYPHIC & REANIMATOR: 'Artist Goes Pop' from the Ugly Truth LP
SAGE FRANCIS: 'House Of Bees' (feat. B. Dolan) from the Sick of Wasting mixtape
PROLYPHIC & BUDDY PEACE: 'Death Of The Boombox' from the Working Man LP
CECIL OTTER: '1999' from the Rebel Yellow LP
B. DOLAN: 'Earthmovers' from the Fallen House Sunken City LP
SCROOBIUS PIP: 'Let 'Em Come' Redux (feat Metermaids, Sage Francis, Cecil Otter) from the Distraction Pieces LP (US version)
METERMAIDS: 'Bad Things' (Redux) from the Rooftop Shake LP
SLEEP: 'Intro' from the Christopher LP
DAN LE SAC vs SCROOBIUS PIP: 'Gold Teeth' from the Repent Replenish Repeat LP
SAGE FRANCIS: 'Make Em Purr' from the Copper Gone LP
BUCK 65: 'The Outskirts' from the Situation LP

All tracks are taken from official SFR releases available at www.StrangeFamous.com

STRANGE FAMOUS TIL THE GRAVE TAKES US MINIMIX by Buddy Peace

2 New Albums "Sharp On All 4 Corners 1 & 2" Out Dec 9th

Sharp On All 4 Corners

Choices (Yup)

Cecil Otter "Rebel Yellow"

The new album 'This Is All Yours'
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Available on CD - smarturl.it/TIAYcd // LP - smarturl.it/TIAYvinyl
Listen on Spotify here: smarturl.it/TIAYPlaylist

An Awesome Wave

Fitzpleasure (Jim James ‘apple C’ Remix)

Buy An Awesome Wave

Carousel - Let's Go Home (Sound Remedy Remix)

I know girls who are trying to fit into the social norm 
like squeezing into last year's prom dress 
i know girls who are low rise, mac eyeshadow, and binge drinking 
i know girls that wonder if they're disaster and sexy enough to fit in 
i know girls who are fleeing bombs from the mosques of their skin 
playing russian roulette with death; it's never easy to accept 
that our bodies are fallible and flawed 
but when do we draw the line? 
when the knife hits the skin? 
isn't it the same thing as purging, 
because we're so obsessed with death, 
some women just have more guts than others 
the funny thing is women like us don't shoot 
we swallow pills, still wanting to be beautiful at the morgue, 
still proceeding to put on make-up, 
still hoping that the mortician finds us fuckable and attractive 
we might as well be buried with our shoes, 
and handbags and scarves, girls 
we flirt with death everytime we etch a new tally mark 
into our skin 
i know how to split my wrists like a battlefield too 
but the time has come for us to 
reclaim our bodies 
our bodies deserve more than to be war-torn and collateral, 
offering this fuckdom as a pathetic means to say, 
"i only know how to exist when i'm wanted" 
girls like us are hardly ever wanted you know 
we're used up and sad and drunk and 
perpetually waiting by the phone for someone to pick up 
and tell us that we did good 
You did good. 
( i know i am because i said am, my body is home) 
so try this 
take your hands over your bumpy love body naked 
and remember the first time you touched someone 
with the sole purpose of learning all of them 
touched them because the light was pretty on them 
and the dust in the sunlight danced the way your heart did 
touch yourself with a purpose 
your body is the most beautiful royal 
fathers and uncles are not claiming your knife anymore 
are not your razor, no 
put the sharpness back 
lay your hands flat and feel the surface of scarred skin 
i once touched a tree with charred limbs 
the stump was still breathing 
but the tops were just ashy remains, 
i wonder what it's like to come back from that 
sometimes i feel a forest fire erupting from my wrists 
and the smoke signals sent out are the most beautiful things 
i've ever seen 
love your body the way your mother loved your baby feet 
and brother, arm wrapping shoulders, and remember, 
this is important: 
you are worth more than who you fuck 
you are worth more than a waistline 
you are worth more than beer bottles displayed like drunker artifacts
you are no less valuable as a size 16, than a size 4 
you are no less valuable as a 32A than a 36C, 
you are worth more than any naked body could proclaim 
in the shadows, more than a man's whim 
or your father's mistake 
your sexiness is defined by concentric circles within your wood; 
wisdom 
you are a goddamn tree stump with leaves sprouting out: 
reborn

Mary Lambert - Body Love (I Know Girls)

http://ytcracker.bandcamp.com/album/earthbound-adventures-of-the-sound-stone-vol-1 for album its free dont be a square enix

ytcracker 
earthbound: adventures of the sound stone vol. i 
the return from the space mission 
release date: the end of the earth 12.21.12

adium with the OTR
jabber on and away from the law
you inspector gadget and they the doctor claw
trying to get the penny and the brain and all
vpn on the offshore islands 
and they make every effort to silence
they fear what they dont understand and they cant control
but they cant put a cork on your soul

man they make it harder to trust
they can turn a close homie into federal busts
they can flip a little switch and have em sniffing the cuts
then youre sitting in a van with your wrists in the cuffs 
you can take the precautions
guarding your identity like proof of the martians
but the odds that youre getting betrayed
logarithmically increase with the passing of days

just an otherworldly foe
your life change when they kick in the door
aint nothing been the same and your faith is low
but you dont cave till the game give a fatal blow

chain as strong as the weakest link
one leak and the whole boat sink
thats why you gotta keep it anon like mr pink
or the reservoir will swallow you up in one drink
now i didnt write the rules
but the game aint changed since i was hacking my schools
i done made the same mistakes in pursuit of the truth
tried to hold the fam together like im michael bluth

instead im gob ninety thousand dollar suit
in a courtroom telling judges how they dont recruit
the proper talent to compute we just punish and dilute
all the spirit in our youth to compete global
tell our kids that whistleblowing isnt noble
unless youre snitching on a hacker - propaganda goebbels
give him life just for hacking into mobiles
and raise incarceration totals, shit

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Chief Keef - Love Sosa (RL Grime Remix)

Since forming in 2005, the Rural Alberta Advantage (Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole and Paul Banwatt) has earned fans and critical acclaim with their unique style of percussive indie-folk songs woven from tales of singer/songwriter Edenloff’s Alberta heritage. Edenloff’s exodus from the province inspired the band’s name and many of the songs from their enthralling debut album, Hometowns, originally self-released in 2008. Buzz grew quickly as indie music fans discovered the record and championed the band online as digital music retailer eMusic.com featured the record in their Selects program spotlighting unsigned artists. Hometowns became the highest-selling Selects act in history and a critical darling nearly overnight, appearing on dozens of “Best of 2008” lists in newspapers, blogs, and radio podcasts across North America and Europe. 

The inspiring DIY success story of the Rural Alberta Advantage has continued to gain momentum and attract fans and followers of their exciting live performances and gritty, honest songs. A breakthrough performance at the 2009 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas won the ultimate seal of approval from Pitchfork (“This band could be huge”) and a nod as a “buzz band” from the Associated Press. More glowing press reviews and sold-out club dates in major cities throughout the United States have followed and Hometowns will be released properly for the first time on Saddle Creek in July 2009.