Camosun Visual Arts students prepare their final exhibit

The Camosun Visual Arts students have been working long days leading up to their year-end exhibit. The Visual Arts graduate exhibition, Within the Menagerie, will be taking place on April 24. The exhibition will showcase the students’ exploration of artistic media and the hours of planning that took place leading up to the show. “Because […]

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New Music Revue: Kathryn Calder’s new album of love songs is a tearjerker

Kathryn Calder Kathryn Calder (File Under: Music) 3/5 Kathryn Calder’s third album is all love songs, but in the broad sense. Anyone who has been in love, burned by love, or is currently in love will be able to relate to the tracks. The Canadian indie rock musician and New Pornographers member has a soulful […]

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New Music Revue: Frank Turner’s new one more than just a drinking album

Frank Turner The Three Third Years (Xtra Mile Recordings) 3.5/5 The Third Three Years is a very fun and gritty collection of rarities from British singer/songwriter Frank Turner. Turner’s sixth disc sounds like a heavy, dark beer would if you could bring it to life through Disney magic. A lot of these songs resemble drinking […]

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Madama Butterfly conductor’s love of music started early

Mozart composed his first opera at age 12, but Giuseppe Pietraroia, the conductor-in-residence at Pacific Opera Victoria, discovered a fascination with singing at an even younger age than that. Pietraroia remembers loving all music and singing when he was three years old. “I used to enjoy listening to music from playing records, and I used […]

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Camosun College instructor Kari Jones talks about her career as an author

When I recognized her crossing the street to meet me, I immediately grew nervous and my brain went chaotic; suddenly everything went quiet, including my usually turbulent head, as she walked into the busy coffee shop. She seemed different that afternoon; out of context she was simply Kari, as opposed to Kari Jones, writer and […]

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Camosun Comics students host year-end festival

An upcoming festival will allow the students in Camosun’s Comics and Graphic Novels program the opportunity to network with professional visual storytellers who will share their experiences and skills in a mentorship environment. The annual Camosun Comic Arts Festival (CCAF), taking place April 11 at Camosun’s Lansdowne campus, is a free event open to the […]

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Sarah MacDougall steals the show in Victoria

Whitehorse singer/songwriter Sarah MacDougall opened for Newfoundland folksters The Once at the historical and quaint St. Ann’s Academy last night, and she stole the show. The concert was sold out; some of the (mostly white-haired) fans were even lingering at the door trying to get last-minute tickets. It was one of the most intimate concerts […]

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Lynyrd Skynyrd’s southern rock rocks Victoria hard

I always feel like Lynyrd Skynyrd don’t actually get enough credit for their classic southern rock. Yes, sir: I feel Lynyrd Skynyrd are underrated. Sure, “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Freebird,” tired as we are of them, rule, but how about the fact that this band had a spree of albums in the ’70s on par […]

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New Music Revue: Legs’ Altitud excels when it gets funky

Legs Altitud (Unsatisfied Records) 3/5 The first two tracks (“Jungle” and “Top of the World”) on Brooklyn indie dance group Legs’ new album, Altitud, are forgettable, but the album really picks up on the third track, “Hide and Seek.” Legs’ slower, synth-driven songs are boring and meandering, suited for a movie soundtrack, which is perhaps […]

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New Music Revue: Jesse Roper’s Red Bird misses the mark

Jesse Roper Red Bird (Warner/Blue Heron Music) 1/5 Despite Victoria songwriter Jesse Roper’s obvious instrumental and vocal talent, his self-indulgent music on Red Bird reminds me of a cover band you might find at a backyard BBQ celebrating an over-the-hill birthday. Red Bird starts off with a folk sound, moves into a soft-rock lull, briefly […]

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