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“They sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say, ‘Man, what are you doing here?’” These Billy Joel lyrics certainly ring true for Montreal-born, Victoria-based musician Vince Vaccaro, especially when he’s playing live. A few songs into Vaccaro’s show at Capital Ballroom on Saturday, January 20, I found myself wondering, after […]

Getting that perfect photo can be hard; for photographer Ami Vitale, getting the right photo means spending time learning the stories of wherever she is. Vitale is a photographer for National Geographic and an ambassador for Nikon; she has spent time in almost 100 countries honing her art and telling the stories of the people […]

It seems the powers that be have succeeded in erasing Canada’s diverse identity and left her citizens apathetic, resentful, and intolerant. We’ve been sold the notion that we mustn’t draw attention to what makes us different from one another because “they” are too delicate to handle our differences. But Canada was founded on cultural differences. […]

This month, local collective Period Posse is running a drive for menstrual products through the Victoria Cool Aid Society. Period Posse organizer and University of Victoria student Lindsay Shaw says that the drive is especially important to those who are struggling. “It impacts any menstruating person who’s maybe living at the margins and has a […]

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark The Punishment of Luxury (B-Sides/Bonus Material) 4/5 Legendary English synth-pop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) released their thirteenth album, The Punishment of Luxury, in September of this year. They’re now releasing the B-sides and bonus material off the album, and even on these non-album cuts, the sound of […]

The Rolling Stones On Air (Interscope Records) 3.5/5 There are very few bands that I hold to such ridiculously high standards as I do The Rolling Stones. Their music has changed the lives of three generations; I’m hard pressed to think of another band that’s done that in the way the Stones have. Their latest […]

Want to see a Chess Bot? This week, you’ll get your chance. The device is a robot arm that—you guessed it—plays chess, and a Camosun student designed it. Ditto for the autonomous lawn mower. And the Motion Synthesizer. These inventions, and others created by graduating Camosun Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology students, will be on […]

Neil Young and Promise of the Real The Visitor (Reprise Records) 3/5 Canadian singer/songwriter Neil Young proves it’s never too late to turn over a new artistic leaf with The Visitor, his second collaboration with American rock group Promise of the Real. The first two tracks, “Already Great” and “Fly by Night Deal,” are some […]

As is our tradition around these parts, we thought we’d take a quick minute and pick the Nexus staffers’ brains about the year that is coming to a close. Through their five best anythings of 2017 and one thing they don’t want to see in 2018, you can get a glimpse of what kind of year […]

What exactly is smooth jazz? Smooth jazz is rumba beats from an enormous kit of congas and bongos, meshing tightly with a snare-heavy six-piece drum kit. It’s beautifully walked bass lines paired with a moaning Stratocaster. Smooth jazz is the electric piano sound that breaks the awkward silence in elevators across the globe. Something is […]