NEW MUSIC FRIDAY

By: Jamal Dumas, Courtney Miller, Zach Siddiqui, and Jessica Whitesel Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/1ZeuUaLrsmZRaZy3E1weMm “Make Me Like...

Who will win at the 58th Grammy Awards?

It is that time again. The Grammy Awards are upon us. That special time of year when the Macklemores beat out the Kendricks, and...

Sia creates an album full of singles

To prepare for this review, I entered into what I call “72-Hours of Sia” — that is, listening only to Sia’s music for three...

Unknown Mortal Orchestra brings the psychedelia

Last Saturday, I attended a sold out show at the Rickshaw Theatre headlined by Unknown Mortal Orchestra (UMO). The group is a rock band...

CENTRE STAGE: In review: Leftovers, Seeds, Lapin blanc, lapin rouge, and Company

LEFTOVERS The Cultch and the Push International Performing Arts Festival presented Neworld Theatre’s Leftovers at the York Theatre — a one man show combining politics...

Australian musician releases Canadian Exclusive EP

Jeff Lang, an underground success in his native Australia, is embarking on a Western Canadian tour in support of Running by the Rock. According...

Big Smoke Burger beefs up the campus food game

With a new location on the horizons for the Cornerstone building, I decided to go and check out the Big Smoke Burger on Broadway...

Don’t be ‘that one’ in the audience

Mid-January I saw a Dave Brubeck tribute at Anvil centre in New Westminster. I learned two things that night, the first being that I...

Four slam poets you have to check out

I fell in love with spoken word poetry two years ago when I stumbled upon YouTube channel Button Poetry. They post videos of spoken...

CINEPHILIA: Norm of the North’s weak attempt at satire falls flat

The ineptly paced, written, and animated Norm of the North is a cinematic defecation left to be flushed in the month of January. It’s...