City and Colour Release "Live at the Verge" Digi-Single (Vagrant)

STREAM: City and Colour - "Forgive Me"


City and Colour released a new two-song digital single, Live at the Verge, this past Tuesday that features "Forgive Me" (from Bring Me Your Love) and a solo acoustic cover of Alexisonfire's "Boiled Frogs." These tracks were recorded in February 2008 for the Canadian XM satellite radio show, Live at The Verge.

Here are the remaining tour dates on City and Colour's headlining tour:

Jan 16 2010 8:00PM, The Filmore (reserved seating) w/ Lissie, Detroit, Michigan
Jan 21 2010 8:00PM, Central Church w/ Lissie - SOLD OUT, Austin, Texas
Jan 22 2010 8:00PM, Filmore w/ Lissie, San Francisco, California
Jan 23 2010 8:00PM, Henry Fonda Theatre w/ Lissie - SOLD OUT, Los Angeles, California
Feb 1 2010 8:00PM, Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Feb 2 2010 8:00PM, Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Feb 15 2010 8:00PM, Queen Elizabeth Theatre w/ Rural Alberta Advantage, Vancouver, British Columbia

City and Colour - Boiled Frogs (Alexisonfire)


Links:
Dallas Green's MySpace Profile

Harper Simon Releases Debut CD on Oct. 13th and Plays Mercury Lounge on Oct. 30th (Vagrant/Tulsi)

DOWNLOAD: Harper Simon - "Shooting Star" (MP3)

For years I've been a strong believer that iTunes (not illegal downloading) killed the music industry. Too many bands had two-three radio singles on an LP/CD and 5+ tracks of filler.

With this in mind, I loved Harper Simon's quote: “The long playing album is not just ten songs thrown together randomly. It has an arc. It has a structure. It is the attempt to make ten songs that are all as good as each other, and fit together in a seamless whole. Long playing albums like Sgt Peppers, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Pet Sounds, Blonde On Blonde, Sticky Fingers -- these albums have helped define our culture. When I was making this record, I was very conscious of making a record that was an homage to the LP.”

Harper Simon, son of Paul Simon and Peggy Harper, just released his debut CD on iTunes (Vagrant/Tulsi) and physical copies are coming out on Oct. 13th. Harper's music falls mostly into the alt-country genre and it has sort of a M. Ward/Conor Oberst feel to it. The new disc was recorded with a wide array of musicians that range from all-star nashville session players to Petra Haden and Sean Lennon to Paul Simon.

The show at Mercury Lounge is an Early Show with doors at 8PM and show at 8:30PM. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 DOS.

Links:
Harper Simon's MySpace Profile