Arts

The Pirouettes Equilibre (Kidderminster Records) 4.5/5 Equilibre, the third full-length from French electronic-pop duo The Pirouettes, is an upbeat, calming, and invigorating double album—two records that mix the two members’ points of view—that that had me groovin’. Leading off this album is “Allo,” a slow number perfect for what I was doing the first time […]

Have you ever asked yourself what will happen if a robot controlled every aspect of your everyday life? Or if one day, instead of being policed by actual humans, you might have a robot pull you over? Norwegian director Tonje Hessen Schei answers these futuristic questions with their highly informative documentary iHuman, screening at this […]

Harry Chapin was one of the most loved and respected musicians of the 1970s. His name was listed on par with Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Cat Stevens when talking about the best songwriters of his day. But for reasons unknown, Chapin’s name has faded from popular memory; most Camosun students today probably don’t even […]

James Summer has been selected as the City of Victoria’s youth poet laureate for 2021. Through the position—which is open to poets between the ages of 14 and 24—Summer will engage with youth through poetry. As part of the position, Summer, who was chosen for the position by a committee made up of people from […]

Considering the current state of our economy and society, grocery stores, hospitals, and law enforcement are completely essential. There is no doubt about that. However, with its line-up of powerful films that bravely take on important themes, this year’s Victoria Film Festival (VFF) successfully establishes just how essential movies are to us in 2021. One […]

Chris Garneau The Kind (The Orchard) 4/5 NYC-based singer-songwriter Chris Garneau’s fifth album The Kind is pretty close to perfect for a cold pandemic day huddled away in your apartment. This album addresses what we try to hide: smothering relentless shame, the strength we can find in darkness, and how we manage to get by. […]

What’s first striking about the work of local artist and A Separate Peace, and other bouquets curator Kegan McFadden is how ordinary the images selected for the sprawling title piece of the show are. A Separate Peace is a collection of 500 images of men facing away from the camera, caught in moments very different […]

On November 19, new COVID-19 lockdown procedures, which severely limit interpersonal contact, were announced in BC. Similar restrictions, which capped the amount of people permitted in public venues to a maximum of 50, have been in effect since March; however, the newer restrictions mandate that all public gatherings are now suspended. Among the casualties of […]

Even for an band like electronic duo The Funk Hunters, who typically tour overseas once or twice a year, it takes more than a few concerts for their tunes to make it to 300,000 listeners. But having transitioned to online streaming concerts because of the COVID-19 crisis, Vancouver-based musician and producer Nick Middleton says the […]

Spacette Spacette (Independent) 4.5/5 Music is one of art’s most transportive tools. This is because it is one of the most important tools that can help an artist give his messages and stories life. By using their music to transport listeners to exotic places like a dystopian future reminiscent of the one explored in the […]