New Music Revue: Headstones rock out on ninth albumHeadstones Peopleskills (MapleMusic) 3.5/5 With a career that spans nearly 30 years and is littered with Junos and hits, Canadian rock legends Headstones are back with their ninth album. Peopleskills continues with the same stripped-down sound present on the Toronto-based band’s previous effort, Little Army. At times on the punk side of rock, at other […] Continue Reading |
Camosun student prepares to drop debut albumSecond-year Sports Management student Aidan Vickery has always been interested in music, but he had no idea how long it would take to create his first rap album. Vickery’s been working on the release, 嬴檜堅~Cantina, for about a year and a half, and it’s finally going to see the light of day through Spotify, Apple […] Continue Reading |
Penguin & Peacock: November 20, 2019 issue |
New Music Revue: Frecuencia de Muerte rip and tear on Death FrequencyFrecuencia de Muerte Death Frequency (Armageddon Label) 4/5 Portland-based hardcore-punk band Frecuencia de Muerte just released their full-length debut, Death Frequency. With a unique take on hardcore punk, this band—featuring ex-members of From Ashes Rise, Deathreat, and others—definitely adds some life to to the 2019 hardcore scene. Death Frequency contains seven tracks, which is short, […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: November 20, 2019 to January 5, 2020Until Saturday, December 14 Praying to the masses Local artist Leah McInnis is presenting her multi-disciplinary exhibition, Mass, at Open Space until December 14. Mass is a totally new work that is tied around the multiple meanings of the word “mass.” On Friday, November 22, McInnis will hold a reception for her work from 7 pm to 9 […] Continue Reading |
Lovebirds: November 20, 2019 issue |
Know Your Profs: Camosun Physics instructor Julie Alexander breaks it downKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you want […] Continue Reading |
Freedom from Addiction: Learning to let go“Let go” might be the mantra of my life. Long before I entered recovery for sex and love addiction I was aware that my mind was like a bear trap: once I decided I wanted something I was absolutely bent on getting it. This was not ambition. I was not simply going to do what […] Continue Reading |
Politics and Other Nonsense: Reconciling climate change with the needs of the peopleThere’s been talk of separatism in Alberta and Saskatchewan recently due to the outcome of the federal election, amongst other growing concerns. The oil and gas industries are huge in these provinces—this causes concern surrounding the carbon tax. Therefore, there is growing resentment toward the federal government for not doing enough to protect the interests […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: November 20, 2019 issueCamosun to stop accepting cash for tuition As of January 1, 2020, Camosun College will stop accepting cash payments for tuition. The decision is a result of the provincial government’s anti-money-laundering initiative, which was launched in May of this year. The college said in an email that it has no reason to believe any money […] Continue Reading |
