New Music Revue: Delta Sleep delivers great mix of sounds on new LP

Delta Sleep Blue Garden (Sofa Boy Records/Wax Bodega) 3.5/5 Delta Sleep is a British band known for its unique blend of math rock and indie pop. They have been active since 2010 and have released four EPs and just released their fourth LP, Blue Garden. This new LP offers a great mixture of sounds, highlighted […]

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Hatched invites the audience inside

These times of midterm preparations can be harrowing, but on Friday, October 18 I got a reprieve when I took a trip out to William Head Institution to review William Head on Stage’s new theatre production, Hatched.  William Head has been running their globally recognized theatre program William Head on Stage (WHoS) since 1981, producing […]

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Rocky Horror Picture Show returns with all-drag cast

Rocky Horror Picture Show has been celebrated as an eccentric cult classic for almost 50 years. Bringing the 1975 musical comedy back to the stage is no small feat, but local drag queen Shelita Cox has proven that this cinematic masterpiece has more to give, with a twist. Cox—my drag grandma—got the idea to do […]

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New Music Revue: Fixation deliver best work yet with Speak in Tongues

Fixation Speak in Tongues (Indie Recordings) 4.5/5 Riding high on the praise of fans and great potential in their break into the scene, Norwegian metalcore band Fixation believes this release is their best yet, and, frankly, I agree. Speak in Tongues is a powerful mini-album, following the journey of spiritual questioning, particularly in critique of […]

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New Music Revue: Leeroy Stagger halfway there on new album

Leeroy Stagger 3 AM Revelations (Tonic Records) 3/5 Victoria’s own Leeroy Stagger is taking on the music scene with a touch of a classic Americana sound on his 13th album, 3 AM Revelations, which comes as a result of over 20 years of experience.  I find that the first songs at the start of the […]

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Filmmaker Kara Hansen heads back west for Antimatter

Experimental filmmaker Kara Hansen currently works as a film instructor in the US, but she’ll be travelling back home to the west coast for a screening of her work at Victoria’s Antimatter Film Festival this month. The festival features all kinds of work that challenge the conventions of what sharing art can look like. “It’s […]

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Victoria Festival of Authors celebrates Canadian writers

The ninth annual Victoria Festival of Authors is approaching, bringing together authors from all over Canada for panels, readings, and nature walks. Yeji Y. Ham is a Korean-Canadian author participating in the festival panel Let’s Do the Time Warp (or, Time After Time After Time) about speculative fiction. Ham has been writing seriously for around […]

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Pulling on The Fretless’ songwriting heartstrings

Toronto-based string quartet The Fretless has been together for 10 years and counting; they’re currently touring in support of their sixth album, Glasswing. But they met through what many may not know exists: a strong and interconnected national fiddle scene. “There’s a bit of a fiddle community in Canada,” says fiddle and viola player Trent […]

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Carlos Nunez crushes borders with bagpipes

Where do you think of when you think of the bagpipes? Probably not Spain, but Carlos Nunez is here to show why you should. Performing at CeltFest in Victoria, Nunez plays the gaita, a precursor to what we now know as the bagpipes. But despite playing such an ancient instrument, Nunez isn’t bound to ancient […]

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New William Head on Stage play gets personal

William Head Correctional Centre has been providing the island with imaginative live theatre for almost 40 years, but Hatched, put on by William Head on Stage (WHoS), might just be giving people the most intimate look inside the performers’ lives yet. WHoS project lead and director Kate Rubin has been working with WHoS for almost […]

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