"I Blame It All On You, Because You Blame Me Too." Alternatively, A Bunch of Vancouver Punk Bands With Probably The Same Singer Or Whatever.

Yes, it's been awhile. I will skip the verbosity and just post a weekly playlist. And that playlist is this: Current-->Punk Bands--From Vancouver, B.C.-->in which all the singers sound the same-->because it's probably the same guy.

To be totally honest, I'm not crazy about the guy's voice. Or the guys' voices. But somebody can write a hell of a little ditty, because these songs are pretty catchy.

First up is "S.O.S. Radioation" by Jeffie Genetic and His Clones. Very new wavey, sort of like Devo summarily executing Ric Ocasek and took over the Cars. Synths, weird vocals, a made up word called "radioation." You decide. Track #93.

Next up, by The New Town Animals, we have "Rock 'n Roll Scene." I'm not going to tell anyone that it reminds me of "Do You Remember Rock 'n Roll Radio" by the Ramones (by underhandedly mentioning it in order to say I won't discuss it. The perfect crime.). I don't believe this is actually the same singer as Jeffie Genetic, by the way. Maybe Vancouver has recently seized upon the whole "snotty" thing. In any event, I love the last minute of this song. If life were an unnamed brand of MP3 players, I would give this song 4 out of a possible 5 stars (because 5 means classic, 4 means good, 3 means average, 2 means I don't get it, 1 means I can't figure out why I put this on my brand name MP3 player). Track #94.

The final band, with two tracks, #95 & #96, is The Tranzmitors. This really is probably that guy from Jeffie Genetic, or else Jeffie Genetic should sue his ass. Apparently, the Tranzmitors are a "super group." Then again, so were Audioslave and Velvet Revolver, so maybe that term doesn't mean anything anymore.

Not to insult the Tranzmitors, of course. I like both of these songs very much. First up is "Why Don't Boys Cry," also synthy as all git out.

Finally, "Something's Going On." This is my favorite song of the bunch. Or, to make Colombie Britannique happy, favourite.

For some reason, bands like these always remind me of the Rezillos. They don't sound like them, but they're all a bunch of fucking weirdos. I mean that with love.

As they say in Vancouver, "wow, that's a lot of heroin junkies." Thank you.