I haven’t listened to a lot of Dallas Green/City and Colour in about 6 months.  This is due in part to a self-inflicted saturation of the project in 2008 and early 2009, and in part to my discovery of Dan Mangan last year, who has fared quite admirably in satisfying my moody acoustic/folk-rock needs.  However, [...]

A lot has been written about the Toronto hardcore-punk band Fucked Up since the release of their sophomore full-length album The Chemistry of Common Life last year.  The album has been labelled, by some, as a hardcore album that is too indie-rock to please the distinct tastes of the hardcore crowd, and by others as an indie-rock [...]

Staying on the topic of the fast approaching Juno Awards, tonight’s song comes from an artist who will be performing at the award show this Sunday.  City and Colour, the solo side-project of Canadian singer/songwriter Dallas Green, will be returning to the stage where it won the award for Alternative Album of the Year in [...]

Another tune tonight, coming from Canadian Dallas Green’s solo acoustic-folk side-project City and Colour.  On the song in question, Sleeping Sickness, the legendary Gord Downie lends his incredible vocals to the track.  Up until Gord begins singing I really enjoyed the song.  However, when his voice cut in I was stopped dead in my tracks.  His [...]