Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings brings sold out crowd at Victoria’s Alix Goolden Hall to its kneesA cry of “hallelujah” rang out from the back of the packed Alix Gooldin Performance Hall on Saturday, April 5, as Sharon Jones shouted to the crowd that she had to testify. And indeed she did. From the moment Jones and her band, the Dap Kings, entered the room, they were on a mission to […] Continue Reading |
Hear No Evil Vancouver Island comedy tour features trio of Vancouver comediansWhen three Vancouver comics–Jared Borland, Kyle Jones, and Byron Bertram—got together over beers to figure out why they weren’t getting enough work from their agents, the trio decided to make some work for themselves. The result was a self-booked, 10-show tour of Vancouver Island over 14 days, going as north as Port McNeill and stopping […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society donates $1 per student to Island Sexual HealthNOTE: Island Sexual Health contacted Nexus to clarify that their current financial situation is not to do with funding being cut, as is stated in the statement from the Camosun College Student Society below. Rather, it is to do with “chronic underfunding.” With Island Sexual Health (ISH) struggling to cover their costs this year, the Camosun […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Comics and Graphic Novels students get ready for second comics conferenceAfter a lot of hard work is put into a project it’s always nice to take a big step back and admire what’s been created. The students in Camosun’s Comics and Graphic Novels program get to do this with their very own comics conference. The conference will feature the group of 15 students exhibiting their […] Continue Reading |
20 Years Ago in Nexus: Web exclusive for April 2, 2014 issueHow could hell be any worse?: Our cover story for our April 18, 1994 issue looked at students and poverty. Clearly, not much has changed on this front. However, it has rarely been explained so passionately as by a poem printed in the Letters to the Editor section of this issue. A letter writer named […] Continue Reading |
Ska Fest announces majority of 15th anniversary lineupVictoria’s annual Ska Fest recently announced the bulk of its 15th anniversary lineup. Headlining the annual summer music festival, which takes places in downtown Victoria in multiple outdoor and indoor venues July 1-5, are Los Angeles ska/punk/funk legends Fishbone. Led by hyperactive singer Angelo Moore, the band is celebrating its own anniversary this year, having […] Continue Reading |
ZZ Top bring timeless rock to VictoriaThe night’s mission was simple: to figure out if ZZ Top guitarist/vocalist Billy Gibbons really is the coolest man alive. All signs pointed to the affirmative, from the pictures of the man I’ve been looking at for the past 30-odd years to the endlessly and effortlessly swingin’ and swaggerin’ licks every ZZ Top album is […] Continue Reading |
Yes come through on promise of lofty prog rockThis week, some 45 years into their career, Yes made their first ever appearance in Victoria. On this current tour, they are promising to perform three of their sprawling progressive rock albums from the ’70s in full. You may wonder how a band can fill arenas worldwide with a promise like this in 2014. The […] Continue Reading |
A pleasant night at the opera: Charpentier’s OrphéeAs a previously un-opera-ed student, attending my first opera was a bit like eating quinoa or acai berries for the first time; you wanted not to like it because it’s so pretentious, but it actually turns out to be pretty good. I approached Charpentier’s Orphée (a combination of two operas) without prior comparison and was […] Continue Reading |
Wake Owl and Lyon bring experimental indie fun to VictoriaThe dimly lit ex-loading dock known as Lucky Bar was completely sold out for a great night of musical talent with Lyon opening for Wake Owl on Thursday, March 13. It was the first stop on Vancouver Island for the bands that have been touring across Canada together; the next venues they’re hitting will be […] Continue Reading |
