Music

The sound of UVic: Campus musicians on the local music scene

I attended the UVic Live Music Club’s (LMC) meet and greet event last month. It was a night of beautiful acoustic originals and covers.

Voices in Motion: Building a community through song

Voices in Motion (VIM) is an intergenerational choir made up of people with memory loss, caregivers, teenagers, and young adults.

Beloved indie band returns after hiatus

Anteater Eater has spent the majority of the past two years balancing sudden hiatuses and surprise returns.

Review: A candlelit tribute to Taylor Swift

Candlelight concerts are every Gen Z music lover’s dream — a string quartet playing Taylor Swift songs by candlelight in a gothic cathedral.

Rifflandia “The Park” review

The Victoria music scene’s crown jewel event has come and gone once again. Rifflandia took place over the course of two weekends this year, as opposed to its usual three-day…

Soak up the culture: The Martlet’s essential guide to end of summer events

As classes begin and September promises a flurry of new assignments, you can still soak up the last of the summer with vibrant cultural programming across the city of Victoria.

Top seven artists to watch in 2023

With new music and artists popping up all the time it’s hard to keep up, but the following musicians and their projects are ones you don’t want to miss.

Too weird to live, too rare to die: In memoriam of the Carlton

Last month the Carlton Performing Arts Hub, a short-lived but intense venue that housed both Victoria’s amateur wrestling league and underground music scene, put on its final evening of kayfabe…

In review: Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ a worthwhile listen

It doesn’t take much to understand the appeal of Taylor Swift. Her discography reaches nearly every audience, and her music encompasses the emotions that come with heartbreak, growth, love, revenge,…