Courtney MIller
NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
July 15, 2016By: Courtney Miller and Jessica Pickering Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/0hYv4U3Nle5T982n3nZ2Fl “Go Off” – M.I.A. Courtney Miller: Intro is too cacophonous and disconnected, and vocals are too autotuned. It’s dynamic enough to be interesting, but it’s overall not pleasing enough to sustain that interest. Jessica Pickering: It’s not my favourite M.I.A. song but it’s OK. The backing track is really good but super distracting. I think I was able to focus on the lyrics a grand total of three times during this song. It did put me in the mood to…
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Album Reveiws
July 11, 2016By: Courtney Miller and Nathan Ross Nick Jonas – Last Year Was Complicated It’s hard to believe that Last Year Was Complicated is Nick Jonas’ third solo album — I feel like I don’t hear much about the guy aside…
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I don’t love myself, deal with it
July 11, 2016Hello. My name’s Courtney Miller and I don’t love myself. It’s a simple statement that shouldn’t be a big deal. Nothing says that I’m required to give myself my own undying devotion — nothing except for the prolific mantra…
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Canadian Blood Services once again proves its needless discrimination
July 11, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap] have been donating blood since 2013, and it deeply saddens me to hear that Canadian Blood Services (CBS) will be adopting a complicated new protocol on August 15 with regards to blood donations from trans* people. Dr. Mindy Goldman…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
July 8, 2016By: Courtney Miller, Jessica Pickering, and Jessica Whitesel Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/1aR4clLFBJsJ5kecezb2CW “Friends” – Francis and the Lights feat. Bon Iver Jessica Whitesel: I’m really loving this. The mix of…
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Pale Dīan has more in common with university students than you know
July 4, 2016Formerly known as Blackstone Rngrs, Pale Dīan is a band from Austin, Texas specializing in dark pop/dream pop. Consisting of vocalist/keyboardist Ruth Ellen Smith, guitarist Derek Kutzer, and drummer Nicholas Volpe, Pale Dīan is a group that strives to make…
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The Pacific rocked the stage at Studio Records
July 4, 2016The band previously known as Room 202 have reinvented themselves as the Pacific. A move lead singer and acoustic guitarist Zishan Abdullah said stemmed from the fact that “we’re all west coast boys and love the city we live in.…
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An interview with SFU’s Marina Elliott, the new Jane of the jungle
July 4, 2016[dropcap]M[/dropcap]arina Elliott has been named one of National Geographic’s Emerging Explorers of 2016. An SFU alumna who studied biological anthropology, Elliott has spent the past few years in South Africa, uncovering the history of humanity. Elliott’s journey began in Calgary,…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
July 3, 2016By: Sarah Finley, Max James Hill, and Courtney Miller Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/2QJYif2Aw5KsNkWhVWCX7e “Augustine” – Blood Orange Courtney Miller: I get an ‘80s vibe from this, particularly from the whispery…
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Top picks for song of the summer
June 27, 2016By: Tamara Connor, Jamal Dumas, Max James Hill, Courtney Miller, Nathan Ross, and Jessica Whitesel When that gentle breeze rolls through Vancouver and you find yourself on the beach surrounded by people with sun-kissed skin, or on a patio with…
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