The Albertans

The story

The Albertans formed in early 2008 as a poncho-enrobed ensemble sharing their time between the dense greenery of BC and the youth swilling environs of Brooklyn, NY. As a seven piece cast they released ‘Legends of Sam Marco’ on Ernest Jenning Record Company (NY), a sprawling tale accompanied with violin washes and bursts of trumpet sounds. Brooklyn’s ‘L-Magazine’ named The Albertans as one of the top NY bands of 2009. The next couple of years was time spent touring and playing festivals (SXSW, Sled Island, CMJ etc.

From Last.fm, written by its listeners.

Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

Watch

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Records

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with The Albertans in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with The Albertans in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like The Albertans

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• Godspeed You! Black Emperorsame scene: indie, CA
• Grimessame scene: indie, CA
• Arcade Firesame scene: indie, CA
• Sum 41same scene: indie, CA
• Crystal Castlessame scene: indie, CA
• The Tragically Hipsame scene: indie, CA
• Alanis Morissettesame scene: indie, CA
• Bryan Adamssame scene: indie, CA
• Broken Social Scenesame scene: indie, CA
• Lightssame scene: indie, CA

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of The Albertans’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.