City & Colour

[lieinmygrave41]

I can't believe I didnt find any discussions on these forums about these guys!

So about three months ago, I came across this band called City & Colour, and they are spectacular. Its not so much a band as it is a vocalist/guitarist and a man on drums. But the music is so great and the vocals are beautiful, not to mention the acoustic guitar. Its very percussive and emotional, but its so good. And I urge you all to listen to them. Their most recent album I think came out last year. Its called Bring Me Your Love.

http://www.cityandcolour.ca/home/ <--- thats their website, I can't really post their music, but they have some great music.

Does anyone else know who I'm talking about???

[dreamingtree66]

The brains behind City And Colour is Dallas Green. He has been very popular in Canada for a couple of years now. He started out in a band called Alexisonfire, its a lot different then his acoustic stuff. I'm a big fan of City And Colour, I would definitely say worth checking out. Songs I would recommend:

Day Old Hate
Comin' Home
Sometimes(I Wish)

[lieinmygrave41]

ah yes Dallas Green. I couldnt remember his name. Some of my favorites:

Hello, Im In Delaware
Confessions
Constant Knot

[Bohrman26]

I'm listening to their song called Waiting and it's pretty good Reminds me of a toned down Fleet Foxes. Just the whole percussive, acoustic feel and the guys voice. They don't necessarily sound like them, they just remind me of them. But a bit more rocking.

[hockeyandDMB]

Hello, I'm in Delaware. No, really, I am.

BTW, I also enjoy City & Colour.

[kevinmavs]

i like My Girl

[sunshower]

Love this band. I participated in a CD exchange a few years ago and included two of their tracks, Save Your Scissors and Comin' Home. They were lost on most people who participated (probably didn't even listen) but I got some great feedback from a couple of people in the group who really liked them.

The lyrics to Comin' Home really hit me hard because he mentions a bunch of places I have been and experiences I can relate to with regards to travelling and then he sings about the actual place I come from--the only place I've ever called home. I think that's kind of neat.

Well I've been down to Georgia,
I've seen the streets in the west,
I've driven down the 90,
Oh hell, I've seen America's best.
I've been through the Rockies,
Hell, I've seen Saskatoon,
I've driven down the Highway 1
Just hopin' that I'd see you soon.

Cuz I'm comin' home
I'm comin' home

Well I've never been to Alaska,
But I can tell you this;
I've been to Lincoln, Nebraska
And hell you know it ain't worth shit.
I've been through Nova Scotia,
Sydney to Halifax,
But I'll never take any pictures
Cuz I'll know I'll just be right back.

I come from just outside Sydney, Nova Scotia.

[Barbossa]

They spelled 'color' wrong.

[brew10]

Dallas Green is Canadian so we spell it the proper way of coloUr.

P.S Dallas (City) Green (Colour)... hence the name.

[Revolution36]

****.

Just discovered this guy. Awesome stuff

[lieinmygrave41]

hopefully buying tickets in 2 minutes for his LA show in march. stoked

[diggerofditches]

Casey's Song and Save Your Scissors FTW!

[Benny003]

The first time I heard of this guy was on Carson Daly's late night show (side note, since his show stopped being in a studio and instead done on the street, it's actually a really refreshing music/movie related show, tons of independent/less-well-known music and movies are highlighted on it, good stuff) probably 2 or 3 months ago. I like it a lot. Hopefully he does some more extensive touring.

[TripPin BilLie]

i like them. too depressing music for me though. my favs are what makes a man and sleeping sickness

[whygohome?]

Just got into this band, and they really really impressed me. The vocalist is absolutely fantastic

HIGHLY RECOMMEND

[JCpatriot66]

I think Comin' Home is the song I really dislike. Everything else I'm a fan of, especially What Makes A Man?

[whygohome?]

I first heard them 3 days ago and I've listened to all their albums twice. Blown away by such seemingly simple music

[patthebear]

Save Your Scissors is great.

Alexisonfire is way cooler though.

[coldengrey12]

I saw him/them at the Outside Lands festival in August and have pretty much been playing Grand Optimist on a daily basis since then.

Very good show for the hour or 50 minutes they had. Dallas even asked everyone to put away their cellphones for just one song and pretty much everyone complied.

[emtphish]

they sound like death cab for cutie's i will follow you into the dark.

[grace2]

can't believe he's the guy from alexisonfire. love his music.

[TrippingBilly95]

One of my top 5 bands. Hello, I'm in Delaware might be one of the most beautiful songs ever written. And the entire album Little Hell is amazing.

Dallas Green has been posting a lot on Instagram lately of a lot of studio work, I think they're releasing their new album very soon!

[whygohome?]

Ok I just checked out this alexisonfire band expecting something somewhat similar to city and colour. What in the fuck is this shit?

[whygohome?]

More ants need to listen to this guy.

I've tried to like alexisonfire a few times. That's just never gonna happen . c&c is unbelievable though

[slygrooves2dmb2]

They opened for Pink a few weeks ago and I was impressed. Love his voice.

[coldengrey12]

Originally Posted by slygrooves2dmb2

They opened for Pink a few weeks ago and I was impressed. Love his voice.

That's a bizarre bill.

Saw him/them at Outside Lands last year. One of the highlights of the weekend.

[fridge112887]

Originally Posted by diggerofditches

Casey's Song and Save Your Scissors FTW!

This.

Absolutely love C&C. Very underrated

Edit: new album coming soon

[slygrooves2dmb2]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

That's a bizarre bill.

Saw him/them at Outside Lands last year. One of the highlights of the weekend.

Yeah, a lot of people there were like WTF?!? I just think she has awesome taste in music and wants to expand the musical palette of her diverse audience.

[whygohome?]

New album 6/3! That's shaping up to be a good week if new music, with queens of the stone age 6/4

It's already leaked, but all I've heard is "thirst", which is decent but new for him

[headlessnancie]

Pretty sure he has been around for awhile... but welcome to the club!