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....

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY

By: Sarah Finley, 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/16bhf20bBKjXlvXJTw5Xr4 “Don’t You Need Somebody” –...