New Music Revue: Hallie Spoor hits all the right notes on new EPHallie Spoor Heart Like Thunder (Independent) 3.5/5 Brooklyn-based Americana artist Hallie Spoor’s latest release, the Heart Like Thunder EP, provides an insightful lens into the folk genre. Spoor—who was raised in Colorado—shows the thematic context of folk’s rural roots through the connectivity of her storytelling. The EP offers a developing new voice to the folk […] Continue Reading |
Erdoğan unique perspective of life of Turkish autocratErdoğan is a very unique graphic-novel biography written by Turkish journalist and author Can Dündar and drawn by Egyptian caricaturist Anwar. This idea of telling the story of Turkey’s “modern autocrat” Tayyip Erdoğan couldn’t be executed any better. I was so excited when I found out about this book by my fellow countryman Dündar, but […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: GLDN EP reissue a mixed bagGLDN First Blood (Deluxe Edition) (Independent) 2.5/5 Lukewarm off the presses! The deluxe reissue of Brooklyn-based industrial punk group GLDN’s First Blood EP is the musical definition of a mixed bag. Industrial punk can get a bad rep for maxing out intensity at all times, often to a song’s detriment. It’s a stereotype of the […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Fur Trade offer up chaotic fun after 10 years awayFur Trade Dark Celebration (Light Organ Records) 4/5 Victoria’s Steve Bays and Parker Bossley (both ex-Hot Hot Heat) are back with Fur Trades’ second album after a decade-long absence, and it’s a rockin’ good time. Dark Celebration is filled with 10 chaotic, funky, fun, feel-good tracks. It’s music you can blast in the car: turn […] Continue Reading |
Yaga looks at witches, Slavic culture through murder-mystery lensThose who love a good take on a murder mystery, whether it’s an old-fashioned Agatha Christie novel or an episode of CSI, and love to play detective and try to figure out who did it, might want to take note of The Belfry’s newest play, Yaga. According to Nicholas Nahwegahbow, the actor who plays both […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Earth Altar and Sun Below put heart and soul into their metalEarth Altar/Sun Below Inter Terra Solis (Black Throne Productions) 3.5/5 Inter Terra Solis is a split record between metal bands Earth Altar and Sun Below, who boast a very similar sound to each other, reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and Tool. Often, metal bands can blend together through an over-reliance on volume and distortion, […] Continue Reading |
While Black examines Black representation in art worldOne wonderful thing about being an artist is the absolute broadness of the world, the millions of opportunities for muse. However, an art lover will often not think about what the art world lacks, or what it might be needing. The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is currently hosting an exhibition whose theme is entirely […] Continue Reading |
Apollo E Dafne a splendiferous orchestral performance of Greek tragedyThis past weekend, patrons of classical and operatic music gathered beneath the majestic gothic spires of Victoria’s Christ Church Cathedral to witness George Frideric Handel’s Apollo E Dafne, presented by Early Music Vancouver (EMV) and featuring the Pacific Baroque Orchestra directed by Alexander Weimann. The music tells the story of Apollo, a Greek god whose […] Continue Reading |
2023 Fringe Fest review: Chiaro:Scuro abstract expression with no comprehension requiredChiaro:Scuro is a musical dance show by Broken Rhythms Dance Company that purportedly takes inspiration from the film noir genre and Germanic expressionism to create a performance rich with meaning, although as an abstract piece, the audience could be forgiven for missing all of it. According to the description, the performance “ties together the light […] Continue Reading |
Dara Ó Briain to bring the yuks to Royal TheatreIrish comedian Dara Ó Briain first became interested in comedy through a very serious medium. Ó Briain—who will be performing at the Royal Theatre this month—got intrigued with the art of making people laugh while attending debates in university. “In Irish universities we do debating in a big way, which means big public debates,” says […] Continue Reading |
