New Music Revue: 18th & Addision give modern take on pop-punk with new EP18th & Addison Old Blues/Modern Love (Wiretap Records) 4/5 New Jersey duo 18th & Addison invigorate the pop-punk scene with their cutting-edge style and polished sound on their new EP, Old Blues/Modern Love. Band members Tom Kunzman and Kait DiBenedetto are pop-punk industry vets, and their experience shows in the quality of the music. 18th […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: The Lumineers get conceptual with IIIThe Lumineers III (Dualtone) 4/5 III is the third full-length album from Denver-based folk-rock band The Lumineers. This concept album tells the story of a family known as the Sparks and their struggle with addiction. Although this is a more melancholy side of The Lumineers than we’ve seen in the past, it’s definitely an extremely […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Iggy Pop gets half-great with FreeIggy Pop Free (Loma Vista) 2.5/5 Not only is Iggy Pop alive, but somehow at 72 he’s still making great music. For half a century he’s been the poster boy for punk rock, and he’s still going: on September 6, Pop released his 18th solo album, Free. Naturally, expectations are high for the follow-up to […] Continue Reading |
Camosun officially opens Alex & Jo Campbell Centre for Health and WellnessOn Wednesday, September 11, Camosun College officially opened the Alex & Jo Campbell Centre for Health and Wellness. The four-storey, 95,000-square-foot building will house 15 health and human service disciplines and University Transfer health courses for over 1,000 students. The total cost of the building was $63.8 million ($40.3 million from the provincial government, $11 […] Continue Reading |
