Arts

Victoria’s Blackwood Kings have always taken a very unique approach to playing reggae, dub, and ska. Ever since drummer Michael Luis, lead singer Chris Zielonka, and guitarist Noel Anstey went to school together, they knew the reggae scene was their cup of tea.  “We were into all sorts of things,” says Luis, “whether it was […]

Brendan Canning is one of the most down to earth and genuine souls walking among us, and he also just happens to be one of the founders of Toronto’s celebrated indie rock band Broken Social Scene. The band—which is more like a collective than a traditional rock band —is returning to Victoria on August 31, […]

Wednesday, August 22 to Sunday, September 2 Life on the fringes With 47 shows from around the world, the Victoria Fringe Festival is offering a lot this year. This long-standing live-performance festival offers entertainment at a decent price. You must make a one-time purchase of a Fringe Festival button for $6 to attend performances (the money […]

After spending our last issue immersed in all things feminist, I was both excited and trepidation-ridden to read Bitch: A Definitive and Restorative Guide by Arnette Wright Travis. Trepidation because everything I thought I knew about feminism had been challenged while working on last issue, and I wasn’t sure I was ready to upend the […]

La Chinga Beyond the Sky (Small Stone Records) 4/5 Beyond The Sky, the third album from Vancouver rockers La Chinga, is a masterpiece full of life, freedom, and, most importantly, good pure rock.  “Nothin’ that I Can’t Do” is an ideal way to kick off this incredible album. The guitar work is on par with […]

Sky Parallel Sky Parallel (TuneCore) 4.5/5 Sky Parallel’s new self-titled EP is an essential experience for anyone who desires an alternative to mainstream pop music. Sarah Noni and Sara Fitzpatrick have taken pop music and infused it with virtuoso flavour to create something that demands to be heard. My initial impression of Sky Parallel—who are […]

The journey for Hapax Theatre’s upcoming production of The Boy in the Chrysalis, playing at this year’s Victoria Fringe Festival, has been several years in the making. The one-man, one-act play tells the story of a schoolteacher who is a drag queen by night, struggling to escape the reality of his recent break-up and life […]

Until Sunday, August 12 A close shave Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre is bringing cannibalistic meat pies to The Roxy Theatre with Stephen Sondheim’s musical Sweeney Todd—The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. This wildly popular pop opera was inspired by the horrifying, turn-of-the-century penny dreadful novels. For ticket sales and schedule, as well as information on […]

What tourist attraction could possibly be outside the Patient Care Centre at the Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH)? If you’re checking out Saskatoon-based artist David LaRiviere’s interactive app, you’ll see that the Anti Tourism Project is a very different kind of tourist attraction. LaRiviere has spent his time as Open Space artist-in-residence talking to people around […]

Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction 2 CD Deluxe Edition (Universal Music Canada) 3/5 When I first heard Appetite for Destruction as an impressionable pie-faced 12-year-old, it was about the only thing that made sense to me for a good nine months. The incredible fury-loaded riffs and roars in “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Sweet […]