Music

How to Manufacture a Legacy: Cameron Winter’s ‘Live at Carnegie Hall’

The album cements Winter as a well oiled cog in the American cultural machine, and potentially the greatest songwriter of the 21st century.

Local bands Thistle and Two Rats Loving sell out Coda for album launch show

Those interested in seeing Thistle perform may have to wait, as the band is taking a step back to work on larger projects and prepare for an upcoming tour. 

Kelowna band Freeze the Fall wins the Metal & Hard Music Artist of the Year

The three piece band was not expecting to win anything at the awards, however, so they didn’t attend the ceremony.

OFFBEAT | CFUV shares top September albums

Mama's Broke, Sofia Miller, Korea Town Acid, and Empanadas Ilegales counted among CFUV's top charting artists in September.

The meating talks liminal jazz, music access, and why they love playing in the CARSA parkade

“I remember trying out a bunch of parkades in Victoria, and then I eventually came across P-zero,” Micu said, “the sound in there is insane.”

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.” 

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