Kimia Mansouri
Dip into a real hell with Gadfly instead of imagining sham ones
February 19, 2024By: Kimia Mansouri, SFU Student A three-member punk rock band has been sending earthquakes throughout Vancouver’s metal scene, and they plan to release a new album this summer. Named after a book by Ethel L Voynich, Gadfly is an unlikely phenomenon that rose out of the smoke of resistance, spreading the ashes of doom metal, Persian metal, punk, and heavy rock onto the stage. Holding the Molotov, Homa Khoshnavas on lead vocals and guitar, along with Nigel Young on drums and vocals and Raine Menard on bass, have redefined the metal genre in the local scene. While Young tended to…
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Introducing Colour Tongues, Vancouver-based indie rock band
May 30, 2022By: Kimia Mansouri, SFU Student The four-piece indie rock band, Colour Tongues, preemptively celebrated the May 19 release of their album, Midnight Island, with a live show at Fox Cabaret on May 11. Based out of Vancouver, the band consists of…
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Hollow Twin reflects on the past in their new EP, Soft Hearts
February 5, 2022By: Kimia Mansouri, SFU Student Based in Metro Vancouver, Capricorn moon duo Emmalee Watts and Becky Wosk — aka Hollow Twin — just released their new album, Soft Hearts. In it, the harmony of the instruments and their connection to…
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Local band Black Pontiac discusses the creative process behind their new music video and upcoming album
April 5, 2021By: Kimia Mansouri, SFU Student Editor’s note: Answers have been edited for length and clarity. Following a recent online performance at The Roxy on March 19, the members of Black Pontiac — lead singer Matty Mclaren, guitarist Mack Riddell, drummer…
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Hunker down for the winter with these five independent bookstores
November 27, 2020By: Kimia Mansouri, SFU Student Editor’s note: MacLeod’s Books is facing having to downsize 75% of their stock, despite having been at their current location since 1982. More information can be found in this Georgia Straight article discussing the matter. If…
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Monday Music: Songs for when you’re trapped in a horror movie of your own making
October 26, 2020By: Kimia Mansouri, SFU Student The veil between the world of the living and the dead is at its thinnest. So bathe under the rare, bright Full Blue moon, and celebrate Samhain properly with this playlist that takes you on…
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Samhain: the roots of Halloween and how to celebrate it in 2020
October 24, 2020By Kimia Mansouri, Contributor In honour of the spooky season and all the little rituals we are used to during Halloween, I thought it would be well-deserved to look at the roots of this holiday. Since we all are social…
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