Another Wednesday. Another set of Pop Music from Around Here. Aha! No! That is not the case on this blizzardy wednesday. I met Larry Portelance in Political Science 190, International Relations. Well, I don’t think we chatted during the class, but perhaps the semester afterwards. He had overseas experience with the military that was much more interesting than our textbook.

Then, several weeks ago, a conversation that began around Larry’s T-Rex bike horn turned towards mint records pop music. To my surprise, the military man showed a keen awareness of the many alleys and avenues of pop music in Vancouver…then, changing gears, he gave me an incredible run-down of the indie pop rock scene in the Atlantic provinces. Every summer, Mr. Portelance works in the military base of…and with little else to do, the local music clubs were given a new consistent patron.

Today is Pop Music From Around There, There as in the East Coast, Courtesy of Larry Portelance.

Egad. I have missed posting 1 or 2 shows tracklistings. My apologies, but my work on Andean Religion during the Early Colonial Period (HIST 458) took precedence, as did assessing the usefulness of functional behavioural assessments in the classroom(EDUC 200). This week we will wrap up our attention of the annual Shindig Battle of the Bands contest, playing tracks from the winners and the runner up, dig through the town of Bellingham, a city often overlooked by myself as I swoon over the music emerging from Olympia and Anacortes in the state just below ourselves, and hear a track from Michael O’Conell of Culture Reject, a fellow on a curious tour through the United States. That and more, kicked of to a healthy start by a trio of power pop tunes from Bend Sinister, Adaline, and Said The Whale. It’s Pop Music From Around Here!

Bend Sinister - Jimmy Brown (Distort)

Adaline - Whiter / Straighter (Unsigned)

Said the Whale  - This City’s a Mess (Pop Machine)

Culture Reject - Blueprint (White Whale)

The Sappers - Gloria (Unsigned)

Hermetic - Malingering (Unsigned)

Stefana Fratila - Hello Lady Reed (Unsigned)

Julia Wakal & Aidan Knight - Tango 2 (Unsigned)

Pan Pan - In Memory of (Unsigned)

Snow Cuts Glass - Goodbye Properly (West of January)

Bella - Don’t Sleep Alone (Mint Records)

AC Newman - Submarines of Stockholm (Last Gang Records)

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