Diane Coffee Internet Arms

Published Apr 17, 2019

Embracing his third album with Internet Arms, Diane Coffee presents fans with a rather perplexing directional shift. Helmed by the fabulous...

Odd Nosdam Mirrors

Published Apr 12, 2019

It's doubtful that musique concrète pioneer Pierre Schaeffer fully comprehended the can of worms he was opening when he spliced his first ta...

Bogdan Raczynski Rave 'Till You Cry

Published Apr 05, 2019

He may have never received the accolades afforded to contemporaries like Aphex Twin or Squarepusher, yet Polish-born nomad Bogdan Raczynski...

Epic Beard Men This Was Supposed to Be Fun

Published Mar 28, 2019

While 6ix9ine and XXXTentacion were getting themselves into trouble, the timing was perfect for Strange Famous boss Sage Francis and slam po...

Medline A Quest Called Tribe

Published Mar 27, 2019

In 2017, French graphic artist Stéphane Carricondo turned his talents to a series of hip-hop portraits, a creative happening that went on to...

Shakey Graves / Cameron Neal Alix Goolden Performance Hall, Victoria BC, March 20

Published Mar 21, 2019

If you were at the 2014 Sasquatch! Music Festival, you probably heard the name Shakey Graves. He was the talk of the weekend, as he earned a...

Flying Hórses Reverie

Published Mar 15, 2019

Composer Jade Bergeron is on record as saying Reverie, her sophomore album under the Flying Hórses banner, is a "heartbreak record." Yet it...

Jeremy Dutcher Baumann Centre, Victoria BC, March 8

Published Mar 09, 2019

As the world knows, Jeremy Dutcher took home the Polaris Music Prize in 2018 for Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, an album created after the Tobi...

Daniel Romano / Dead Soft Lucky Bar, Victoria BC, February 26

Published Feb 27, 2019

As the frontman for Attack in Black and Ancient Shapes, as well as a contributor to efforts like Daniel, Fred and Julie, City and Colour and...

Shad / LIINKS Capital Ballroom, Victoria BC, February 23

Published Feb 24, 2019

Not one to forget the capital of British Columbia, Shadrach "Shad" Kabango ended his lengthy two-part tour in support of his 2018 album A Sh...

The Cosmic Range The Gratitude Principle

Published Feb 11, 2019

Before you even get to The Gratitude Principle, the second full-length album from Matthew "Doc" Dunn's intergalactic collective, the Cosmic...

Old Man Luedecke Capital Ballroom, Victoria BC, February 2

Published Feb 03, 2019

Chris "Old Man" Luedecke is no stranger to Victoria. He first came here some 20 years ago, having hitchhiked all the way down from Dawson Ci...

Yukon Blonde / The Zolas Capital Ballroom, Victoria BC, December 6

Published Dec 07, 2018

Before Yukon Blonde head across Japan for the month of January, they treated Victoria to the last date of a tour across Canada with the Zola...

Dear Rouge / Modern Space Capitol Ballroom, Victoria BC, November 10

Published Nov 11, 2018

As a music nerd, you end up seeing a lot of bands that make music that isn't really up your alley, but if you're lucky and open to the exper...

Jane Weaver The Silver Globe

Published Nov 08, 2018

It's about time people in North America caught onto Jane Weaver, and there is hardly a better introduction than The Silver Globe. First rele...

The Glorious Sons / The Beaches Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria BC, November 1

Published Nov 02, 2018

You could practically smell the Juno Awards in the air amidst the legal pot fumes at the half full Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. The Glorio...

We Hunt Buffalo Head Smashed In

Published Oct 25, 2018

We Hunt Buffalo have entered the kill zone. The guttural guitar of Ryan, the bong-breaking bass of Cliff Thiessen, and the Donkey Kong drums...

The Weather Station / Jennifer Castle Lucky Bar, Victoria BC, October 18

Published Oct 19, 2018

For a brief moment, it seemed like Toronto invaded Victoria. Lucky Bar may as well have been Massey Hall, as everyone who appeared onstage t...

The Dead South / Leeroy Stagger Capital Ballroom, Victoria BC, October 3

Published Oct 04, 2018

With the Capital Ballroom filled to capacity with tittering drunkards buzzing with excitement for the Dead South's first-ever appearance in...

Lights Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 16

Published Sep 17, 2018

Clearly, Lights hasn't seen the 1994 college movie PCU or she just doesn't care, because she wore the shirt of the band she went to go see....