Arts

As the 15th annual Uno Fest approaches, local theatre fans are deciding which of the 14 solo shows to check out during North America’s longest running one-person theatre festival. In the spirit of equal opportunity, Nexus put a call out to all of the solo performers at Uno and asked them the same five questions […]

Judging by their epic melodic metal performance at a sparsely attended Logan’s Pub, All Else Fails are a criminally underrated band. These Edmonton guys  play their music with technical skill, power, and conviction. All Else Fails have a sound that’s all their own, combining the punk stylings of Black Flag, the sludge metal fusion of […]

North America’s longest running solo theatre festival will again feature some recognizable local names, but the main buzz is coming from the direction of a work-in-progress by Juno-winning Eastern Canadian musician Hawksley Workman. Workman’s developing theatrical cabaret The God That Comes is one of 14 solo performances at the 15th annual Uno Festival, which runs May […]

The Lumineers The Lumineers (Dualtone Music Group) 4/5 Born in the Mile High City of Denver, Colorado, The Lumineers are bringing an upbeat folk-rock sound to the scene. While the genre might be a bit overdone right now, The Lumineers are able to put their own twist on it and deliver an original-sounding, self-titled debut […]

No Sailing Waits By Adrian Raeside No Sailing Waits (Harbour Publishing) is a collection of 30 years of editorial cartoons critiquing BC Ferries; the book is interesting on a few levels. Mainly, it provides a fascinating and quick overview of 30 years of ferry-related blunders and political shenanigans. It’s also hilarious. Sure, Raeside is hilarious […]

The Cinevic Society of Independent Filmmakers is having its first annual Short Circuit Short Films Festival. Although one of the shorts does include a robot, Short Circuit was not named after the 1986 feature length John Badham film. Actually, the Short Circuit Short Films Festival is the original name of the Victoria Film Festival… kind […]

From Big Wreck to Thornley and back to Big Wreck: Ian Thornley’s musical career has gone full circle. Back in 1994, Thornley met fellow musician Brian Doherty at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and Big Wreck was formed. Three years later, In Loving Memory Of… was released. The success of this album […]