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Golden Dawn Arkestra Children of the Sun (Independent) 3.5/5 This second album from Austin, Texas’ Golden Dawn Arkestra is a slight contrast to their first album, Stargazer—Children of the Sun utilizes more serious afrobeats and sounds more mature than its predecessor. Through its 11 tracks, Children of the Sun steadfastly proclaims that it has arrived. Picture rays […]

When his mother died in late 2011, Camosun Digital Communications instructor Andy Bryce inherited a Pandora’s box of family memorabilia. As he was going through it all, one name kept coming up: Peter Henderson Bryce. Peter is Andy’s great-grandfather, and, until that point, Andy knew little about him. “What I had known about him was […]

Frog Eyes Violet Psalms (Paper Bag Records) 3.5/5 The eighth full-length album, Violet Psalms, from Vancouver indie rockers Frog Eyes is their last, with a farewell tour to come this spring and summer. The quartet—who started off in Victoria—has been through a few lineups but vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Carey Mercer and drummer Melanie Campbell—who is married to […]

Figure skating is the only sport in the world that can make the act of placing your face in someone else’s crotch seem elegant. That was part of one of the many precise, artistic moves on display at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre Tuesday night when Stars On Ice rolled through town, and—for the most part—it worked. […]

David Byrne American Utopia (Warner Music Canada) 4.5/5 There is no point in using comparative words—David Byrne is in a class of his own. His latest release, American Utopia, showcases everything that has made Byrne a lasting success. Whether it was as frontman with the Talking Heads, working solo, or in collaboration with artists like Brian […]

Strung Out Black Out The Sky (Fat Wreck Chords) 4/5 California punk rockers Strung Out branch away from their original mosh-pit-hungry roots in the mainly acoustic Black Out The Sky. And it works: this album showcases what it means to be human through a mix of elegant songwriting and great, melodic, fast punk. There are […]

The Women in Trades Training (WITT) program at Camosun College offers an overview of the trades, helping women trying to figure out their career path or looking to make a change to decide if trades is right for them. The latest WITT program offers a marine focus; 13 women have spent the last 12 weeks […]

In the age of #metoo and Time’s Up, sexual harassment in the workplace has the ability to put anyone on pins and needles. This newfound awareness is part of what makes Victoria Operatic Society incredibly ballsy for deciding to mount a production of 9 to 5: The Musical – a show where the male lead […]

Former Camosun business student Aaron Lawson takes great pride in reducing the amount of garbage that ends up in the landfill, despite the fact that he co-owns a junk hauling business, Atlas Junk Removal. Lawson—who was at Camosun from 2011 to 2014 but left because business was booming and he was learning so much on […]

After months of gray skies, the sun is finally here! And with the sunshine comes a barrage of pressure to get that perfect beach body, a picturesque figure worthy of Instagram likes. If that’s your jam, all the power to you. Do those squats and burpees and own the shit out of your bathing suit—if […]