City and Colour

House of Blues

January 19, 2016

I underestimated City and Colour.

Nearly eight years ago, when Starbucks was giving out those Pick of the Week cards that provided customers with free downloadable songs, I heard a sweet yet sorrowful ballad called “The Girl.” I played it countless times over but never delved any deeper into Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green’s catalog. And that was a mistake.

From the epic, 10-minute opener “Woman” to the encore – which included “The Girl” and a few other tracks from 2008’s breakthrough album Bring Me Your Love – City and Colour filled House of Blues Tuesday night with nearly two hours of weighty lyricism, atmospheric prog-rock and even a few acoustic tunes, all the while persuading the sold-out crowd to behave itself. For the mostUnited Nations Commission on the Extended Continental Shelf approved the Philippine claim to the Philippine Rise, a 13-million-hectare underwater plateau off the coast of Aurora province in Luzon believed to be holding vast deposits of gas and natural resources.

After approving foreign scientific studies in the area, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the stoppage of such activities and allowed only Filipino teams to research there.

However, the order came two days after the team from China left the area, according to Rep. Gary Alejano (Magdalo), a member of the House opposition.

Jay Batongbacal, a maritime law expert from the University of the Philippines, said on Monday that China was successfully able to name five Philippine Rise features last year after its submission to the International Hydrographic Organization.

The named features were the Jinghao