New Music Revue: Tony Molina channels classics with concise flairTony Molina Kill the Lights (Slumberland Records) 3.5/5 Kill the Lights by California’s Tony Molina is a callback to the late ’60s and early ’70s, when love was on everyone’s mind and emotional, bard-like vocals were the popular sound. Molina’s complex musical arrangements and retro styling remind me of The Beatles—the honest to God Beatles—and […] Continue Reading |
Mattie Leon reflects on the realities of war on new EPToronto-based musician Mattie Leon was sitting by the water in Halifax, soaking up the beauty of Nova Scotia, when he began to intertwine history with creativity. It was this combination that led to his EP Signal Hill. Leon, who is on a national tour in support of the EP, points to one of Signal Hill’s […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: The Rolling Stones unearth a live archival victoryThe Rolling Stones From The Vault: No Security. San Jose ’99 (Universal Music Canada) 4/5 My fears of live albums being duds were quickly categorized as irrational halfway through “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” the first song on The Rolling Stones’ new archival live album From The Vault: No Security. San Jose ’99. This is a song […] Continue Reading |
DJ Murge hits Phillips Backyard Weekender with The Champion Sound“What would I want to hear if I walked onto that stage at that point, at that time?” This is the first question that local producer DJ Murge asks himself as he envisions being up on stage spinning tunes. For Murge, each show is a chance for him to guide the audience through the night. […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: July 11 to August 7, 2018Until Thursday, August 30 Touring Jewish History Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue on Blanshard Street, the oldest Canadian synagogue in continuous use, is offering summertime tours to the public every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 12 pm and 2 pm. The tours cost $10 for adults; for additional information, visit congregationemanuel.ca. Wednesday, July 11 A wonder(woman)ful evening […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Umi Copper delivers something one of a kind with RequiemUmi Copper Requiem (Black Acre) 3.5/5 LA alternative/soul singer Umi Copper brings a sound that is uniquely his own to the four songs on his debut EP, Requiem. The thing I like most about Copper’s music is that it doesn’t remind me of anything. While it drips with R&B, soul, and jazz influence, it refuses […] Continue Reading |
Tree house art exhibit focuses on working together, artisticallyTree houses are an iconic part of childhood. So it makes sense that a trip back to her hometown in Ontario was the start of The Tree House Project (THP) for multidisciplinary Toronto-based artist Jennie Suddick. THP is an art exhibit of architectural models based off drawings of tree houses that others sketched in a […] Continue Reading |
Blue Bridge takes a Canadian theatre classic out of the drawerFor many, Michael Healey’s The Drawer Boy is considered a gem in Canadian theatre. A three-person, two-act play that takes place on a farm, The Drawer Boy blends humour and drama into a tale about memories and stories, and the blurred lines between them. As their tenth season begins to wind down, Blue Bridge Repertory […] Continue Reading |
Former Camosun student focuses on introspective side of jazzStephen Menold dropped out of Camosun’s Jazz Studies program in April 2013 with just one credit standing between him and a diploma, but he felt the pull of a city—Montreal—with a stronger arts culture than Victoria’s, and he just couldn’t resist any longer. “I just had to expand my universe,” says Menold. “My idea was […] Continue Reading |
In Our Footsteps tackles immigrant issues through collaborative contentIn Our Footsteps is not like any other play you know. Director Taiwo Afolabi, who is also a PhD candidate in Applied Theatre at the University of Victoria, defines it as “interactive performance.” “The idea of the play is really to communicate and recreate a safe and positive space to have conversations around lived experiences […] Continue Reading |
