Music

Six from Riff — Six Rifflandia 2013 acts that won’t soon be forgotten

Easy Star All-Stars While the burgeoning North American festival scene prides itself on its diversity of genres, one thing is abundantly clear looking over the lineups for these musical parties:…

Brett Wildeman’s ‘In a Blink’ tour

Folk musician Brett Wildeman has talent to deliver. His latest album, Mother Earth, demonstrates compelling lyrics and engaging composition using varied acoustic instrumentation styles. Aside from his insight into the environment on…

Music Rags: New festival brings funk and soul to Victoria

For Nathan Ambrose, known to many as the host of “Music of My Mind” on 101.9 CFUV, hip-hop was the key to opening up the rabbit hole of funk and…

Familiar Wild talks Dark Dreams and Rifflandia

Veteran of the indie music scene, Melissa Bandura is back, this time with a new sound and a new album. Familiar Wild, a band made up of Bandura, Melissa Hammer,…

Music rags: ‘Rap-landia’

One of the best things about the proliferation of festivals, much like the Internet, is the exposure to new music of all genres. It’s representative of the changing way many…

Shambhala: A victory for friendship

Shambhala Music Festival is a finely tuned machine, bringing a ranch in Salmo, B.C. to life for four days each year.

Tech N9ne: consistently inconsistent artist

At first glance – or in this case, first listen – Tech N9ne and his music seem like the ultimate exercise in performance art. It all hints of a world…

UVic alumnus releases sustainability-themed album

Danton Jay, musician and UVic alumnus, will launch his debut album Morcenx, which the David Suzuki foundation partly contributed to, on July 24.

Last day of Ska Fest 2013: Dub FX and Yasiin Bey

Dub FX played numerous “one last song”s to help stall for the tardy Yasiin Bey.