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Television

David Simon’s Treme Gets a New Trailer

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Everyone is eagerly awaiting the April 11th premiere of HBO’s new David Simon drama, Treme. So what’s up with the toe-taps, vegetable chops (and anything involving Creole food), colorful parades, and trumpets on display like trophies in this new teaser? We get it already. Anyone who was a fan of The Wire knows that Simon doesn’t do cliches — so should we believe that he’s just trying to lull viewers into a false sense of security before he brings down the post-Katrina hammer? Check out the preview after the jump, and let us know what you think.

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Music

First Listen: The Rural Alberta Advantage

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Toronto-bred spazz-rockers the Rural Alberta Advantage mine the erratic tropes of skewed Canadian pop acts, while simultaneously mimicking the lo-fi buzz of American indie institution Neutral Milk Hotel.

The band’s self-released debut, Hometown, is already a subterranean success, but, with a Saddle Creek reissue out this week, this is the perfect time to call yourself a convert. Lucky for you, we’ve got a stream of the entire album.

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