Arts

Friday, April 5The show is hereLocal folk and reggae duo Jon and Roy are holding the release party of their latest album Here in their hometown of Victoria at Capital Ballroom on April 5. The duo’s unique indie-folk stylings have hit stages at festivals like Rifflandia and Rock the Shores, and they’ve shared stages with […]

ReachesWherever the Internet Goes, Sorrow Follows(We Be Friends Records)3/5 Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and travelling man of many monikers Justin Randel has fabricated seven intriguingly titled songs here on his second album of electro-pop-sonic sounds as Reaches. Randal enjoys experimentation. For example, he incorporates piano into “Love to the Ghosts Lost at Sea”—it’s an unexpected and pleasant […]

Wise ChildIdle Hands(Independent)4.5/5  Wise Child is a local indie-rock band with a laid-back and beachy sound. Idle Hands is the band’s debut full-length album—and it is absolutely worth listening to. The dreamy and soft vocals are accompanied by cool instrumentals with a surf-pop vibe. The music is approachable and fun and feels wonderfully fitting for […]

From the moment our conversation started, I could tell that Metric vocalist Emily Haines was an incredibly down to earth and professional individual. Metric is a juggernaut in Canadian music—when they roll through town this month, they’re headlining the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, with July Talk opening up—and extremely accomplished artists; however, regardless of their triumph, […]

Enterprise EarthLuciferous(Entertainment One)4.5/5  Luciferous is the third full-length album from the Washington-based deathcore band Enterprise Earth. The album is brutal and powerful; Luciferous is the proof of Enterprise Earth’s stance in the extreme metal scene. The name of the album brings with it the feeling of how brutal and demonic the music is. In the […]

Teenage BottlerocketStay Rad!(Fat Wreck Chords)3/5  Initially, when I hit play on this eighth full-length from Wyoming punkers Teenage Bottlerocket, I thought it was going to be yet another band grasping at straws, trying to make their sound as close to classic punk rock as possible. But Stay Rad! starts out with “You Don’t Get the […]

Imagine having a loved one halfway across the world and the only way to communicate with them is through a spotty satellite phone. This is the experience many of the characters face in SNAFU Dance Theatre’s production of Calling Home: Stories from Military Families. The play is inspired by the real-life stories of military families […]

Sarah PotenzaRoad to Rome(Independent)4/5 From start to finish, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Sarah Potenza’s second album, Road to Rome, is a bold, take-no-bull, unapologetic journey into the psyche of any woman’s soul. Potenza steers the listener on a journey through a steady mix of blues, rock ballads, and gospel throughout this release. Her songwriting comes out not […]