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The Wheat Pool

The new face of Country-Rock

About Me

The Wheat Pool's initiative is to give voice to their rural obsessions and fierce penchant for dark county rock. Their influences draw from fellow Edmontonians Old Reliable, Winnipeg's the Weakerthans, Steve Earle, Neil Young, Blue Rodeo, early Wilco and Whiskeytown. The songs themselves stem from two brothers, who pen dark, driving country-rock songs that deal with timeless themes of death and good old-fashioned longing. These are songs that are best appreciated in your car, on a dirt road, late at night, chasing trains in the dark.

The Wheat Pool have spent the last 2 years building their performance resume around Alberta and have enjoyed the successes of sharing the stage with touring acts such as Amy Milan (of STARS), Leeroy Stagger, Carolyn Mark, Painting Daisies, Nathan, Captain Tractor, Tim Hus, Romi Mayes and Elliot Brood to name a few. Stayed tuned for their first full length release in late April 2007 on Shameless Records Canada.

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Member Since: 8/22/2006
Band Website: thewheatpool.com
Band Members: Robb Angus, Mike Angus, Steph Dagenais, glenroy
Influences: Neil Young, Wilco, Blue Rodeo, Steve Earle, Ryan Adams, Rheostatics, Weakerthans
Sounds Like: influences plus four guys bustin' their ass
Record Label: Shameless Records Canada
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The School of Rock, CBC Radio 3 podcast

The Wheat Pool has often been asked about their name, from day one really. Well, on their recent trip to Vancouver (New Music West showcase performance) the band had the pleasure of visiting the CBC R...
Posted by The Wheat Pool on Sat, 24 May 2008 10:56:00 PST

March is Wheat-Pool-Month in Toronto!

Ok, not officially. But we like to think so. West invades the East in March, as The Wheat Pool takes on Toronto for two special showcasing opportunities open to the public as well.1. Friday March 7 at...
Posted by The Wheat Pool on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:46:00 PST

Radio 3 Charts

The band is excited to see Township climbing the Radio3 charts for the past two weeks, going from 29 to 25.You can help in some way, we're sure, by continuing to send in your requests to Radio3 by ema...
Posted by The Wheat Pool on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:15:00 PST

"TOWNSHIP" Released 09.11.07!

"Township" hit stores yesterday, and became available on all major online retailers such as iTunes and eMusic and Rhapsody, etc.Thank you for the great support at the CD Release Show on the weekend. ...
Posted by The Wheat Pool on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:14:00 PST

New Record Details!!

The record has gone to L.A. to be mixed by John Whynot, who has produced/engineered/mixed several Blue Rodeo albums in the last 15 years.  He's also worked with Lucinda Williams, Big Wreck a...
Posted by The Wheat Pool on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:07:00 PST

Ask Robb: An Advice Column

Hey gang, Just wanted to let you all know that The Wheat Pool's advice column, Ask Robb, has been updated!  Just visit the website to read the letters and advice from the most highly touted, lea...
Posted by The Wheat Pool on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 05:33:00 PST

Master's Thesis

Hmmmm, my first blog entry.......better make it a good one.  Well, here we go.  As many of my close friends know, I've been working on a theory lately.  I've come to believe that this t...
Posted by The Wheat Pool on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 05:31:00 PST