New Music Revue: Blue Ocean offer journey on debutBlue Ocean Fertile State (Slumberland Records) 3.5/5 Oakland-based indie electronic pop band Blue Ocean’s debut album Fertile State is a 12-track journey. This is the kind of album you’ll want to hear when in need of a return to those nostalgic, ’80s-like synth tunes—it reminds the heart of Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence” or Erasure’s […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 1, 2023 issueEternal evil: In the November 2, 1998 issue of Nexus, writer Tara O’Donovan reported on renters calling for a better security-deposit system. According to O’Donovan, many renters were accusing landlords of not returning their security deposits for seemingly no reason. In response to this, the Vancouver Tenants Rights Action Coalition launched a campaign that proposed […] Continue Reading |
Nature Tongue: Timeline editIn the book I’m currently reading about time travel, there are rules around timeline editing so that no one can edit another timeline to sway the evolution of history. In one scene, a group of time travelers hand out zines, trying to seed a concept into consciousness to make a ripple effect. I like to […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: In defence of polyamoryWhen my fiancé and I first told our friends that we had pivoted to polyamory, the first question we were asked was if our relationship was doing okay. In reality, we were more deeply in love than ever, but I wasn’t surprised by the question. These days I’ve seen a lot of couples open their […] Continue Reading |
Filmmaker Zhuoyun Chen gets abstract at AntimatterIt’s October, and here in Victoria that means it’s time for the Antimatter [media art] film and media art festival. One of the movies screening at the fest this year is from Los Angeles-based filmmaker Zhuoyun Chen; Only If You Could See a View Above the Clouds is inspired from a difficult period of transition […] Continue Reading |
Fellas, Let’s Figure It Out: Let’s talk about testosteroneTestosterone plays a key role in reproductive function and regulates fat distribution, strength, muscle growth, and red blood cell production. The importance of testosterone for males can’t be overstated. Unfortunately, testosterone levels have been steadily decreasing for the last 50 years. Many young males today have half the test levels their grandfathers did at the […] Continue Reading |
What’s This? A College Meme?: November 1, 2023 issue |
New Music Revue: Lightheaded pretty good on Good Good Great!Lightheaded Good Good Great! (Slumberland) 3.5/5 Good Good Great!, the debut album from New Jersey indie rockers Lightheaded, is a unique blending of mostly ‘80s- and ‘90s-era indie-pop sounds, with some Phil Spector and Curt Boettcher production influences sprinkled in for good measure, in a similar schtick to other retro-inspired indie groups like Paramount or […] Continue Reading |
Mateo: November 1, 2023 issue |
New Music Revue: A Beacon School drops positive and upbeat dream pop on debut full-lengthA Beacon School yoyo (Grind Select) 4.5/5 A Beacon School is the work of multi-instrumentalist New Yorker Patrick J. Smith; on his debut full-length yoyo he fuses rock and techno beats into mellow yet upbeat dream pop. What struck me first was the melodic vocals, which is one aspect of the dreamy sound, along with […] Continue Reading |
