City of a Hundred Spires

City of a Hundred Spires
Origin	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Instrumental Rock Indie rock Post-rock
Years active	2005–Present
Labels	Independent Valkyre Records Friend of Mine Records
Associated acts	Mogwai, Tortoise, Neil Young, Cave In
Members
Vincent Boisvert-Huneault Jean-Michel Lacombe Maxime Monast
Past members
Brandon Ng Carl Cléroux

City of a Hundred Spires is an Ottawa, Canada-based band.^[1] The band is named after a common decriptor for the city of Prague. The band play a concise, melodic style of instrumental rock. They formed in 2005 out of the ashes of The Perfect Dystopia. Notorious around the Ottawa and Montreal music scenes for the sheer volume of their live sets as for the fragility of the melodies they compose and to be "pushing the frontiers of instrumental rock".^[2] They self-released their first record Graveyard of Ships in 2008. It is currently available through the band's website and on Itunes.

They have toured Canada once in 2007 with fellow Toronto post-rocker's Tunturia.^[3] Over the years, they have played with the likes of Malajube, This Will Destroy You, Pelican, Okkervil River and many more. More recently, the band played Ottawa's Bluesfest 2009.^[4]

In late 2008, Carl Cléroux was asked to leave the band. He was quickly replaced by Brandon Ng. Unfortunately, one year later, Ng quit due to prior engagements. No drummer has stepped in.

Recently, the band has been composing songs for a new EP due in the near future.

Members

Current members

• Vincent Boisvert-Huneault – Guitar
• Jean-Michel Lacombe – Guitar
• Maxime Monast – Bass

Former Members

• Brandon Ng – Drums (2008–2009)
• Carl Cléroux – Drums (2005–2008)

Discography

• Graveyard of Ships (2008)

References

1. ^ "University of Ottawa's french Journal". http://www.larotonde.ca. http://larotonde.ca/2009/01/city-of-a-hundred-spires-un-groupe-de-chez-nous-a-decouvrir/. Retrieved 2009-08-06. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Le Droit (french paper)". http://www.cyberpresse.ca. http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-droit/vie-communautaire/200903/16/01-836899-lhomme-aux-paniers-de-place-cartier.php. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 
3. ^ "Last Fm Concert Listings". http://www.last.fm. http://www.last.fm/music/Tunturia/+events/2007. Retrieved 2009-08-06. 
4. ^ "Ottawa's Bluesfest Artist Page". http://www.ottawabluesfest.ca/en/. http://www.ottawabluesfest.ca/en/index.php?page=scheduled_performer_list&performer_id_req=768. Retrieved 2009-08-06. 

External links

• COAHS on MySpace.com
• COAHS's Graveyard of Ships at AllMusic
• Valkyre Records Page
• SilentBallet.com Review of Graveyard of Ships