By Adam Roper (CIVL DJ) – Email
Print Edition: February 6, 2013
Bands from Nanaimo are usually pretty lousy. Here are a select few that aren’t, from resident Nanaimo music scene expert Adam Roper, host of Birds Of Canada.
Cloud Limbs – “Sister Addict”
A garagey sounding outfit featuring Patchwork’s brother, with a reasonably appropriate song to listen to on rainy coastal afternoons.
Gold and Shadow – “Thaliana”
Gold and Shadow are poets at heart, favouring banjo and acoustic guitar with just a subtle amount of lead electric to drive their versatile pop-rock sound.
Atlas Collapses – “Crash Site”
Atlas Collapses produce clean sounding melodic-rock, a strong contrast to the hazy incoherence that defined much of the Vancouver Island music community throughout the 2000s.
The Fresh Pots – “University Girls”
About the only thing that makes Parksville (a dingy little tourist town just a few miles from Nanaimo) worth visiting is the beach, or The Fresh Pots.
