New Music Revue: Real Numbers deep dive into ’80s indie-pop with mixed resultsReal Numbers Brighter Then (Slumberland Records) 2.5/5 Real Numbers’ last album, Wordless Wonder, came out in 2016, but the Minneapolis-based band has finally released a new EP, Brighter Then. The EP was recorded last winter and shows the band journeying deeper into late-’80s indie-pop. The five-song EP is very rhythmic and easy to listen to, […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk 2.0: Asking for help isn’t a crimeWhen chatting to my biking friends, who are men, in the chairlift, we usually end up in a conversation with them complaining about equality, and how they feel that women pick out only the good stuff about equality. I’m always a bit shocked at this angle of looking at it. What occurs most of the […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Conflicted thoughts about SeptemberOn March 8, when provincial health officer Bonnie Henry said that post-secondary institutions can and should prepare for a full return to in-person learning in September, I was a bit put out. I was conflicted. I checked my sources, did some digging to make sure this was, in fact, what she had said. It’s true. […] Continue Reading |
Being Here: The Refugee Project dives deep into verbatim theatreFor the actors in Being Here: The Refugee Project, getting into the role meant something a little different. The play, created by Joel Bernbaum, is verbatim theatre, meaning these stories are presented in the person’s own words—false starts, filler words and all. “We are speaking word for word, every ‘um’, comma, interrupted word and interrupted […] Continue Reading |
Hermann’s Jazz Club celebrates 40 years, looks ahead to post-pandemic worldIt’s not just about the music for Hermann’s Jazz Club manager Nichola Walkden. For 40 years, the club has been bringing people together, making multi-generational impacts through music and giving people hope. But it’s been hard—really hard—this past year. She and her all-women management team have gotten creative and provided what she calls an essential […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society election nomination period openThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is having its spring 2021 student elections from April 12 to 14. The nomination period is from March 12 to March 25, and the campaign period is from March 28 to April 9. CCSS external executive Quinn Cunningham says that while the past couple elections were a bit different […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Classes Abroad: Life as an international student during the pandemicDue to the pandemic, the world put a hold on everything, but we couldn’t afford to put a hold on our dreams. Apparently, this is the reason why many international students still went on to enrol themselves in colleges and universities around the world, attending online classes from their home countries. Myself, I’m currently taking […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Doohickey Cubicle rock soft and smart, with a nudge and a winkDoohickey Cubicle Don’t Fix Anything 😉 (Independent) 4.5/5 Imagine that you’re in bed struggling to fall asleep. After about 15 minutes of tossing and turning, you decide to try some relaxing music. But what will you listen to? Well, I’ve got great news for you: Vancouver-based soft rock/synth-pop band Doohickey Cubicle—formerly known as Booty EP—is […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Myopic & At the Graves deliver great atmosphere on collaborative releaseMyopic & At the Graves A Cold Sweat of Quiet Dread (Grimoire Records) 4/5 Get ready for some of the best doom music around with the release of the collaborative album A Cold Sweat of Quiet Dread by Washington, DC progressive doom trio Myopic and Baltimore’s one-man sludge/doom band At the Graves on Grimoire Records. […] Continue Reading |
New short film looks at Camosun student’s experience with schizoaffective disorderLast month, the Victoria Film Festival trudged through COVID restrictions by going digital to make 50 full-length films and 23 shorts available online. A quick scroll through the lineup would reveal a face familiar to many who have attended classes at Lansdowne in recent years. Follow My Brain is a locally made short that documents […] Continue Reading |
