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City and Colour EP

March 30, 2010 By Ben Minsky Leave a Comment

City and Colour will be releasing a new EP called Live At The Orange Lounge on April 17th.
Track listing:

1. Forgive Me
2. Against The Grain
3. Waiting”¦
4. What Makes A Man?
5. Comin’ Home
6. Save Your Scissors

Filed Under: News Tagged With: City-&-Colour

Albums In Stores Tomorrow 2-12-08

February 11, 2008 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Here are some albums due out tomorrow. Let us know which ones you’ll be picking up.

Secret & Whisper – Great White Whale
City & Colour – Bring Me Your Love
Simple Plan – Simple Plan
American Diary – The Brightest Colors
Gaslight Anthem – Senor And The Queen (EP)

Filed Under: News Tagged With: American Diary, City-&-Colour, Gaslight Anthem, Secret-&-Whisper, Simple Plan

New Featured Bands

February 10, 2008 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Check out the new featured bands on the website including Secret & Whisper, City & Colour, and Simple Plan. Also be sure to stream our exclusive new song from Children 18:3 and a new song by Every Avenue here.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Children 18:3, City-&-Colour, Every Avenue, Secret-&-Whisper, Simple Plan

Show Review: Dashboard Confessional, City & Colour, etc.

July 13, 2006 By Devin Henderson Leave a Comment

Dashboard Confessional

Dashboard Confessional w/ special guests City & Colour and John Ralston
June 30th, 2006
Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON

First things first: NOT the ideal venue for this show. This music deserves to be coddled. To be listened to in a sound acoustic environment with great reverberation. Not a place with concrete walls.

However, the show was popular and therefor, it was held at a larger venue.

John Ralston, a player in Dashboard, took to the stage first. To be entirely honest, I think there were perhaps fifteen people in the entire place that noticed he was on the stage. No lights, no introduction. In my opinion, he has definite talent. He just needs to grasp this talent and project it more fully. Sure, he was the opening act, and the production was understated in an inappropriate venue, but I still feel he could have done more to be noticed. Overall, decent songs, good live performance, but lacking any wow factor.

City & Colour went on next – vocalist/guitarist Dallas Green, accompanied by cousin Nick (sorry, I don’t know his last name! Green, possibly?) on keys, and friend Casey Baker (lead singer of the band Sleeper Set Sail) on guitar. Again I must state that this was a less than appropriate venue. I’ve had the experience of seeing Dallas twice before in intimate bar settings, and it became my understanding that he was easily distracted while performing. Because of this, I did notice the high number of people wandering around, talking, and just all around not paying attention during his set, and found myself wondering if he were getting upset. If he was, he sure didn’t show it.

His performances are always great – strictly because of the overall quality of his vocals, and his playing – but tonight was not his best. He sang his songs, and did a good job, but failed to fully engross the crowd – which he certainly has the talent to do. Again, I’d like to lay blame on the environment. Overall, I’d say his set was well-received but lacked the intimacy it meritted.

Finally Dashboard Confessional hit the stage. The vocals and performance were great. Not only did Chris Carrabba seem into it, but the entire band seemed to be having a great time performing. They played a nice mix of older hits, and new songs, to keep happy older and newer fans alike. Saving their two biggest for the double encore (Hands Down & Vindicated), the only true (and somewhat irrelevant) complaint I have is Carrabba’s on-stage attire: a white t-shirt with tight cream coloured pants doesn’t flatter anyone – especially under the influence of heavy stage lighting. The energy was high, the dynamic was great, and though the sound was alright, the charisma more than made up for it.

Filed Under: Reviews, Show Tagged With: City-&-Colour, Dashboard-Confessional, John-Ralston

Can-Con

July 8, 2006 By Devin Henderson Leave a Comment

Here’s some Canadian Content news for those up north, or those that want some good stuff to check out:

Alexisonfire – Playing Warped Tour. New album due August 22nd. First single ‘This Could be Anywhere in the World’ set to hit radio and Much Music rotation soon. New song ‘Boiled Frogs’ available at their MySpace page. Playing SCENE festival in St. Catharines tomorrow.

Cancer Bats – Now on tour across the country (check out Distort Records for more info)… album “Birthing the Giant” was released on 06/06/06. Check it out.

Johnny Truant – New album “In the Library of Horrific Events” out on July 4th, 2006. Here are some tour dates (check out Dine Alone Records for more info):

07.09.06 â┚¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ St.Catharines, ON
07.10.06 â┚¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Ottawa, ON
07.11.06 â┚¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Hamilton, ON

City & Colour – Recently won an MMVA for ‘People’s Choice Canadian Artist’. Album has gone gold in Canada, with no plans for an international release (but trust me, it’s worth the import costs!). Tour dates (check out Dine Alone Records for more info):

07.09.06 â┚¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ St. Catharines, ON
08.18.06 â┚¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Victoria, BC
08.19.06 â┚¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Vancouver, BC

Billy Talent – Recently released their second album ‘II’. For more info about tour dates, etc. check out their official site at BillyTalent.com.

This week’s Hot Ticket Event is the S.C.E.N.E. festival in St. Catharines, Ontario. With indie acts such as A Northern Chorus, Ken Reaume, Casey Baker, Sailboats Are White, Johnny Truant, Alexisonfire, City & Colour, Magneta Lane, Black Lungs, The Miniatures & Boys Night Out, the event is set up for success. St. Catharines is the place to be this weekend. Tickets are online at all Ticketmaster sites, and www.maplemusic.com.

That’s it for Can-Con right now… I’ll have more next week.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alixisonfire, Billy-Talent, Cancer-Bats, City-&-Colour, Johnny-Truant

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