Years active 2005–2013 | Active until 2013 Record labels Zednemo, Clamour Records | |
Members Rick Reid (guitar/lead vocals)Matt Leddy (bass/vocals)Mark Chmilar (drums) Albums Temptation, Pretenders, Winter Lightning, The Jazz Age, Sawdust & Rum Genres Punk rock, Indie rock, Rock and roll | ||
Major conflict war on the city streets
The City Streets were a Canadian independent rock and roll band from Edmonton, Alberta. After self-releasing their debut full-length These Things Happen in 2005, they followed with the critically acclaimed full-length Concentrated Living and supported the album with two North American tours in 2008.
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"Concentrated Living" entered !earshot, Canada's national campus radio chart, at No. 44 in November and also received a record number of plays on CJSR-FM, Edmonton's campus radio station.
"The Jazz Age" is the band's third full-length album was critically acclaimed after its June 2010 release. The album received a 4/5 star review from the influential Toronto weekly Eye Magazine.
Winter Lightning was recorded with Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Godspeed You Black Emperor) at Hotel2Tango in Montreal and released simultaneously with 'Sawdust & Rum' which was recorded and produced by the band themselves in a cabin in Nova Scotia. Winter Lightning was released on vinyl and Sawdust & Rum on CD.
Other releases include the EP's 'Peacemaker' with Myrol and 'Decline of the West'.
The City Streets announced their breakup spring of 2013.
Albums
EPs
Songs
Song For LeeThe Jazz Age · 2010
If I Go Back to ParisThe Jazz Age · 2010
Glory NightsThe Jazz Age · 2010