New Music Revue: Galgeberg’s Cerberus disorienting, non-stop wall of sound

Galgeberg Cerberus (Our Ancient Future) 2/5 Cerberus is the debut album from Norwegian death metal band Galgeberg. It consists of six songs that are an amalgamation of death metal and punk; each song will shred your eardrums like thin slices of cheese. The guitars and drums are an assault to the inner ear. The song […]

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Twelfth Night unsure of its own identity

Having written nearly 40 theatrical productions in his career, Shakespeare is widely considered one of the masters of literary antiquity, and his work is still studied today, four centuries after his death. UVic theatre professor Fran Gebhard has been teaching and producing Shakespeare for many years, and Twelfth Night was, in fact, her directorial debut, […]

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New Age Attitudes explores humanity through an unexpected format

“There’s nothing new under the sun” is an adage claiming that anything that can be done has already been done; in entertainment, this tends to be true. Supposedly, there are only seven basic story plots rehashed ad nauseam. Stories that resonate are those that ring true across time and cultures. If you watch a movie, […]

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Anda Union a powerful musical example of rich global history

Throat singing, traditionally known as khoomi, is a form of overtone singing from Mongolia, where the throat is used to create a raspy sound that can resonate at many frequencies. Appearing at UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium in March, Anda Union is a group of nine musicians formed in 2003, hailing from the Xilingol Grassland area of […]

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New Music Revue: Tate McRae delivers more ambitious third album

Tate McRae So Close to What (RCA Records) 2.5/5 Canadian pop star Tate McRae has released her highly anticipated third studio full-length, So Close to What.  The album is more ambitious than her last, 2023’s Think Later. The production is much better this time around, with more interesting beats and sounds, however, her vocals again […]

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The Little Prince delightful opera for all ages

Even if we never see it, our golden sun will dip beneath the horizon thousands of times throughout our lives. Within the vast universe there are countless immutable beauties which exist despite and beyond us, and the reality is that we lose sight of simple pleasures and joys as we grow up, and our flight […]

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Baroque Festival 2025 another spectacular musical feat

In an era of YouTube, Spotify, SoundCloud, and Soulseek, it’s easier than ever to find music, and audio technology has advanced to the point where listening to an album on a set of closed-ear, noise-cancelling headphones with 20,000 Hz drivers is almost as good as the real thing.  Almost.  Early Music Vancouver dabbles in classics […]

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Collective Soul and Our Lady Peace rock 30th anniversary at arena

On the night of Monday, February 24, Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre hosted two iconic bands best known from the early ’90s. With over 6,000 fans in attendance, Collective Soul and Our Lady Peace delivered an engaging and nostalgic performance in the city of Victoria. Collective Soul was formed in Stockbridge, Georgia in 1992. On Monday night, […]

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New Music Revue: Drake and PartyNextDoor collab massive fail

Drake/PartyNextDoor $ome $exy $ongs 4 U (OVO Sound/Santa Anna/Republic Records) 1/5 $$$4U arrived on Valentine’s Day and marks the long-awaited first full-length R&B collaboration between Canadian artists Drake and PartyNextDoor. The album contains 21 songs and lasts a total of 73 minutes. Let’s get this straight out of the way: the album is boring, is […]

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