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City And Colour
Also Playing: The Low Anthem
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Mon Feb 6
7 pm
City And Colour and The Low Anthem at The Pabst Theater
City And Colour is Dallas Green, who plays guitar in the Canadian post-hardcore act Alexisonfire. As with his main band, Green draws liberally from a pool of angst and disappointment, but he does so in the context of foot-stomping folk that’s a little more laid-back and approachable. That doesn’t make his songs nuanced, exactly (“whiny” might be a better word), but there’s certainly something meditative in there. Using the warm, internal hum of antique instruments, The Low Anthem finds a simplicity and humanness in making modern music in traditional ways. The Rhode Island foursome gracefully grinds away at gospel hymns with accordions, horns, a World War I-era pump organ, and, yes, even the occasional electric guitar.
The Pabst Theater 144 E Wells St, Milwaukee, WI
City And Colour is Dallas Green, who plays guitar in the Canadian post-hardcore act Alexisonfire. As with his main band, Green draws liberally from a pool of angst and disappointment, but he does so in the context of foot-stomping folk that’s a little more laid-back and approachable. That doesn’t make his songs nuanced, exactly (“whiny” might be a better word), but there’s certainly something meditative in there. Using the warm, internal hum of antique instruments, The Low Anthem finds a simplicity and humanness in making modern music in traditional ways. The Rhode Island foursome gracefully grinds away at gospel hymns with accordions, horns, a World War I-era pump organ, and, yes, even the occasional electric guitar.
Updated 01/24/2012
