New Music Revue: February 6, issueHenry Wagons Expecting Company? (Spunk/Thirty Tigers) 2.5/5 Henry Wagons’ Expecting Company? really isn’t what I was expecting. Though it appears to be a country album, Expecting Company? sounds heavily influenced by the gypsy music that people in fedoras or corsets play at Fringe festivals. The album might fit better as the soundtrack to a vampire […] Continue Reading |
Movie review: Hansel and Gretel flick fun, problematicModern fairy tales are nothing new. They continue to be popular, and, as a fan myself, I anticipated Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters with both excitement and dread. Dread because these authorless tales have become huge franchises. I wonder if their underlying ideologies differ much from their origins and, if so, what that means for […] Continue Reading |
The devil is in the details for Twisted TheatreA time before YouTube. A time before the internet. A time even before television. This is the stage upon which This is Twisted Theatre presents their unique performances: live readings of classic radio plays. On February 1 and 2 the troupe performed The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, the second installation of Douglas […] Continue Reading |
Kozelek enjoys solitude, comfortable with obscurityMark Kozelek is a man of few words, but many songs. The now-solo singer/songwriter, also known for this work in indie rock bands Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon, has remained in relative obscurity for the past two decades, despite releasing over 25 albums over his three projects. “I guess I just don’t have […] Continue Reading |
Real-life super-heroine comes to Victoria Film FestVeteran comic book author Trina Robbins has spent the past 30 years battling against misconceptions in order to truly forge a place for super-heroines alongside their male hero counterparts. Robbins’ work on female-led titles like Wonder Woman and the first all-female comic, 1970’s It Ain’t Me Babe, as well as her books on other female […] Continue Reading |
Zion I empower listeners to do their own thingUnfortunately, “empowerment” isn’t the first word that comes to mind when discussing modern hip-hop. That’s where Oakland, California hip-hop duo Zion I come into the picture. Playing self-described “feel-good music” with a message of empowerment, this ain’t your ordinary rap group. “It’s not music about how fly am I, or how much weed I just […] Continue Reading |
Cineplex screens classics flicks on digital screensJaws. Raiders of the Lost Ark. 2001: A Space Odyssey. Goodfellas. An American Werewolf in London. Pulp Fiction. Imagine if those were just some of the choices for a night at the movies, instead of whatever pap is playing at the local Cineplex these days. On February 1-7, Cineplex has put together a cross-Canada movie […] Continue Reading |
Art show Traces subject to negotiationNo one ever said visual art was going to be easy. Case in point: Traces, a new exhibit featuring the works of three artists (Daniel Barrow, Alison Norlen, and Ed Pien), who are pushing limits of visual art by experimenting with both materials used and, more philosophically, the space usedŃor not usedŃto show the work. […] Continue Reading |
Romano switches to different attackDeep, deep down, Daniel Romano, best known for his work in Canadian indie rock band Attack In Black, has a country music heart. With his solo career, which includes his recently released third album, Come Cry With Me, Romano takes on a different persona of a classic country singer, brimming with nostalgia and channelling George […] Continue Reading |
Book looks at home in BCWhat is home? Home Truths (Harbour Publishing), an anthology of writings from scholarly journal BC Studies, explores that question with a BC focus that will prove fascinating to anyone interested in the history of our province. And even if you don’t think you are that interested in British Columbian history, you probably are. Still don’t […] Continue Reading |
