Thursday, May 1, 2014

~City and Colour~

City and Colour is the name of a one man Canadian song - writer, Dallas Green. Dallas Green was the guitarist and vocalist for the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire from 2001-2012. He named this 'band' City and Colour from his name (Dallas, a CITY) and Green, a color. Hence the name City (Dallas) and Colour (Green). He also has various Canadian indie rock musicians travel with him sometimes and play music. 

  • Dallas Green - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, banjo, harmonica, piano, drums, percussion.
Touring members: 
  • Jack Lawrence - bass guitar 
  • Doug MacGregor - drums 
  • Matt Kelly - pedal steel, organ, pianos
  • Dante Schwebel - guitar 

DISCOGRAPHY 
City and Colour has a total of 4 studio albums, 9 live albums, and 3 music videos. Now I could be wrong about the music videos, but I couldn't find a complete discography of official videos so I had to find them on youtube myself. 
Studio Albums: 
  • Sometimes (released November 1, 2005) 
  • Bring Me Your Love (released February 12, 2008) 
  • Little Hell (released June 7, 2011) 
  • The Hurry and the Harm (released June 4, 2013) 
Live Albums: 
  • Simple Songs (released 2004) 
  • The Death of Me (released 2005) 
  • Missing EP (released 2005) 
  • Live Session EP iTunes Exclusive (released 2008) 
  • The Myspace Transmissions (released 2008) 
  • Live at the Verge (released 2010)
  • Live at the Orange Lounge EP (released 2010) 
  • iTunes Live: SXSW Live in Austin, Texas (released 2011) 
  • Covers, Pt. 2 (released 2012) 
Music Videos: 
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 
I haven't been listening to City and Colour for a very long amount of time, and I only do like a few song-writer type musicians, but I do LOVE this 'band'. It's just a great mixture of happy and sad songs, and they all sound great. Dallas Green also has a very lovely voice. I wish there was more I could say. I haven't seen him live yet, but I would love to some day if I could.