NEW MUSIC FRIDAY

By: Sarah Finley, Max James Hill, Courtney Miller, and Jessica Whitesel Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/3SNe8QVpqDhOacqaqpFKdB “All in...

Burlesque in the spotlight during festival season

The Vancouver International Burlesque Festival (VIBF) hit Hot Art Wet City and the Vancouver Playhouse earlier this month. For those who don’t know, the...

CENTRE STAGE: Ballet BC closes 30th anniversary season and young talent shines in Arts Umbrella’s Expressions Festival

Program 3 – Ballet BC May 12–14, Queen Elizabeth Theatre Program 3 closes Ballet BC’s 30th anniversary season. Finnish choreographer Jorma Elo’s I and I am...

Hedley wows hometown crowd

By: Courtney Miller and Eric Smith Hedley took Rogers Arena by storm at the final show of the Canadian leg of their Hello World Tour....

Album Reviews

Anohni – HOPELESSNESS By Beau Bridge The debut release of Anohni is a jewel to behold. She heads straight for the gut with the phenomenally strong...

The Pack a.d. explores a funner sound on their latest release

The Pack a.d. played a hometown show at The Cobalt, a smoky bar with a disco ball that provides great rock ambience. For those...

The best and worst summer songs of the past 10 years

Ah, summer. A time for patio drinking, long road trips, and getting sunburnt on the beach. While all of these are part of having...

Despite the uphill battle Black Sea was a labour of love

See below for more photos from the night. All photos courtesy of Chris Ho.    Post-punk Calgary band Ultrviolence kicked off a mini-tour with their EP...

Andrew Bird asks Are You Serious? in his latest release

The first time I listened to Andrew Bird was a decade ago, cross-legged on my high school crush’s bedroom floor. The song was a...

Big Wild is a professor of EDM

Electronic house DJ Big Wild graced Vancity on May 7 with a performance at Fortune Sound club. Has my life changed since then? No....