Music

What does Kate Bush’s ‘The Dreaming’ have to offer us 44 years later?

What The Dreaming can teach us 44 years later is this — the journey to self-actualization is painful, wretched, and does not always create popular and widely understood content.

Eiafuawn’s ‘Endless Body’ still feels ‘fucked up and whatnot’

Coming 20 years after 'Birds in the Ground,' the album’s sound oozes with slow guitars, hazy vocals, and a kind of slack-jawed feeling.

OFFBEAT | CFUV shares top August albums

Reveal Yourself, Buildings and Food, mary in the junkyard, Lido Pimentia, and knitting counted among CFUV's top charting artists in August.

The 2026 SALT New Music Festival explores proximity through contemporary music

It’s a lively sort of form of exchange,” Csaba explained, “so that the rigid divide between stage and audience disappears, and there is a true sense of community.” 

OFFBEAT | CFUV shares top July albums

Reveal Yourself, knitting, Buildings and Food, Hillsboro, Kristin Witko, and Chanel Beads counted among CFUV's top charting artists in June.

In a year of festival cancellations, the Victoria Summer Music Festival celebrates 30th anniversary

“We’re a firm believer that [festivals] are a very important source of bringing people together,” he said. “The feedback we get is just heartwarming…. People that love [classical] music can…

OFFBEAT | Underground Rap, Tape Hiss Ambient, and a summer evening

Choppy samples, massive synths, cluttered drums, sweetly melodic vocals, and sporadic noises come together in Seventhirtyatmorning’s song “CLOUDS N RAIN.” While the layers of Shadows are more understated, they are…

OFFBEAT | CFUV shares top June albums

Hillsboro, feeble little horse, Buildings and Food, Broken Social Scene, and Beatrice Deer counted among CFUV's top charting artists in June.

UVic alum injects new energy into Canada’s orchestral scene

“Nothing to me feels as amazing as working really hard with a group of really talented musicians,” Loe said. “There’s a lot of tough situations that you are forced to…