Arts

Ulthar Providence (20 Buck Spin) 3.5/5 The Bay Area has quite a reputation in the metal genre as being home to one of the largest and most influential thrash metal scenes in the world. To keep the tradition alive, Bay Area-based band Ulthar will release their second full-length album, Providence, on June 12. Brutal, fast, […]

Soft Plastics 5 Dreams (Paper Bag Records) 4/5 It feels like it was just yesterday that the once-Victoria-based indie rockers Frog Eyes announced that the release of their eighth LP, 2018’s Violet Psalms, would be paired with a farewell tour. Months later, frontman Carey Mercer was back at it, writing what would become tracks on […]

Camosun College’s 2020 Visual Arts grads have had to take their year-end exhibit to the internet. Originally, the Visual Arts grad show was supposed to run for two weeks in April, but because of current limits on in-person activities due to COVID-19 concerns, it will run from May until September online. Second-year Visual Arts student […]

Dive Index Waving at Airplanes (Neutral Music) 4.5/5 Making an album is a very courageous act. If the musicians are having second thoughts on a particular track or don’t like how something sounds but it’s too late to change it, it will be courage that will provide them with the faith needed to believe in […]

Suburban Living How to Be Human (Egghunt Records) 4.5/5 How do you measure the true impact of a good album? The answer to this question varies from listener to listener. Some people measure an album’s impact by how high it ranks on the music charts. Others measure it by how many times a radio station […]

Auroch Stolen Angelic Tongues (20 Buck Spin) 4.5/5 Extreme metal is one of the most well-known metal sub-genres, not only for its dark and brutal nature, but also for being mysterious, mystical, and multicultural. Stolen Angelic Tongues, a mini-LP released by Vancouver-based Auroch, is one of the best examples of how an extreme metal band […]

Ulcerate Stare Into Death and Be Still (Debemur Morti Productions) 4.5/5 After the massiveShrines of Paralysis(2016), the New Zealand-based extreme metal band Ulcerate won’t keep fans waiting any longer by releasing their sixth full-length album, Stare Into Death and Be Still, on April 24. With the balance between heavy and melodic, Stare Into Death and […]

Now more than ever, we need good quality from all levels of art. Painters, singers, writers, filmmakers, dancers… artists all need to band together to provide their audiences with quality art that will inspire this generation to not give up hope and push on. When done right, that’s the power of good art. This year, […]

Thurlowood Discontinue Normal Program (Independent) 4.5/5 There is nothing much to do when you are socially distant from the world. But, like always, we have our friend Mr. Music to entertain us, or in this case, Bridges + Powerlines singer/keyboardist Andrew Thurlow Wood. Good music can help us to unplug from all the chaos and […]

Logan Ledger Logan Ledger (Electro Magnetic/Rounder Records) 3.5/5 Logan Ledger released his debut EP, I Don’t Dream Anymore, in October of last year. Now he is back with his self-titled debut album, which came out on April 3. Logan Ledger features nine new tracks and two from his EP. Ledger’s music takes inspiration from traditional folk and country music—both […]