Max Hill
Album Reviews: Arcade Fire, Los Campesinos!, and a throwback to Lou Reed
November 4, 2013Arcade Fire - Reflektor I’ve listened to Reflektor, the new album by Montreal’s flagship indie rock orchestra, at least eight times since it was released only a few days ago. I have no regrets. Like many of the albums that have influenced the LP, Reflektor is the sort of record that justifies the existence of the repeat button. Messy, loose, and deeply flawed, the group’s newest LP is not only their most difficult to pin down — it’s also their best work since their seminal debut Funeral almost a decade ago. Though the record has received its fair share of acclaim,…
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Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation
November 4, 2013If you’re reading this, congratulations: chances are you’re a millennial. For those of us born between 1980 and 2000, the title is non-negotiable. It’s been administered in the same way that Generation X was dubbed the “MTV Generation.” If you’ve…
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Fear Factor
October 28, 2013What scares you? Most people tend to be uneasy around spiders and in small, cramped spaces. Darkness, public speaking and death are also among the most common fears. With Halloween around the corner, the main objective is to scare and…
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Halloween Mixtape
October 28, 2013Greeting, boys and ghouls! With Halloween fast approaching, many of you will likely be hosting parties, carving pumpkins, and planning optimal trick-or-treating routes, all in anticipation of the big night. As your trusty campus boos-paper, The Peak has compiled a…
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Rookie of the year
October 21, 2013“Hormones suck,” Tavi Gevinson writes in the introduction to Rookie Yearbook Two, “But being a young person doesn’t always.” Like its predecessor, Yearbook One, this edition compiles the greatest hits of the 17 year-old wünderkind’s online magazine Rookie, with a…
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Celebrity Skin
October 21, 2013On Sept. 2 of this year, friends and acquaintances of James Franco such as Aziz Ansari, Bill Hader and Seth Rogen gathered to share playful jibes and bon mots at the actor’s expense on broadcast TV. The Comedy Central…
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The Daily Grind
October 21, 2013The basics A cup of Joe; rocket fuel; an early morning pick-me-up. Whatever you call it, chances are you drink coffee pretty regularly — in fact, the average Canadian drinks almost three cups daily. As university students, we tend to…
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Album Reviews: The Head and the Heart, Basia Bulat, and a throwback to Joy Division
October 21, 2013The Head and the Heart - Let's Be Still By April Alayon Seattle’s six-piece indie-folk group recently released their sophomore album Let’s Be Still, moving away from their heavily themed self-titled first album, The Head and the Heart. The new record…
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Album Reviews: Miley Cyrus, Oneohtrix Point Never, and a throwback to Bjork
October 15, 2013Miley Cyrus - Bangerz You can’t blame Miley for trying. In the midst of weekly PR disasters — the latest being the ongoing feud between the singer and Sinéad O’Connor, formerly an influence — Bangerz would have sold millions of copies,…
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Album reviews: Danny Brown, Chvrches, and a throwback to A Tribe Called Quest
October 7, 2013Danny Brown - Old Danny Brown’s stream of consciousness style and obscene wordplay have won him a legion of admirers since he burst onto Detroit’s emaciated rap scene a few years ago. Old, his first proper studio LP and the…
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