Monday Music
Monday Music: Songs for when you’re trapped in a horror movie of your own making
October 26, 2020By: Kimia Mansouri, SFU Student The veil between the world of the living and the dead is at its thinnest. So bathe under the rare, bright Full Blue moon, and celebrate Samhain properly with this playlist that takes you on a witchy, horror journey. Conjure your darkest desires this Halloween and give in to them. Summon Hecate and Pan, and attempt rituals that supposedly make you live forever. I will take no responsibility, lest the viewers commit any crimes upon reading this.* “This Is Halloween” — Marilyn Manson [caption id="attachment_116185" align="alignnone" width="286"] Courtesy of Disney[/caption] Nothing can go…
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Monday Music: Songs to turn the cautious into risk takers
October 19, 2020By: Dilpreet Tatla, SFU Student As a cautious and anxious person, music has allowed me the confidence and adrenaline to take risks in different aspects of my life. If you’re like me and seek music to pump you up, here…
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Monday Music: Songs to wake you up before your dreaded work shift
October 12, 2020By: Alyssa Victorino, SFU Student Getting in the right headspace before the mind-numbing task of serving extra hot, half-sweet caramel macchiatos with added pumps of this and that can be challenging when you’re already in a bit of a funk.…
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Monday Music: A Late Night Folk-Pop Balm for Anxious Minds
September 28, 2020By: Emma Jean, Staff Writer Light some candles, listen to the rain, and put on this mellow mix of warm, gentle songs. With a focus on artists who are Canadian, queer, and/or Black, this playlist is perfect for a night…
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Monday Music: Songs with overt political messages just loud enough to ignore
September 21, 2020By: Serena Bains, Staff Writer Politics in music has always been present, especially in the punk, rap, rock, and metal genres. However, anytime a political artist makes a statement about the politician they are supporting that is consistent with their…
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Monday Music: Tunes to romanticize your grocery store runs
September 14, 2020By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer If you’re anything like me and you find grocery shopping an incredibly mundane chore, I assure you, the way to fix that is with some tunes. Whether or not you already have your own playlist…
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Music Monday: Socially Distanced Neighbourhood Strolls
July 20, 2020All Monday Music for the Summer 2020 semester is now available on The Peak’s Spotify Playlist, Monday Music Summer 2020. Don’t forget to follow thepeaksfu on Spotify to listen more easily! By: Alex Masse, SFU Student I don’t know about you, but…
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My coming-of-age soundtrack, the upgraded sequel
July 13, 2020By: Marco Ovies, Editor-in-Chief Fans of The Peak (or as I like to call them, Peaklings) will remember that I wrote a Monday Music about my coming-of-age soundtrack. It wasn’t until I saw it in print that I realized every…
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Monday Music: The Top Pop Albums of 2020 (so far)
July 6, 2020By: Ahad Ghani, SFU Student It’s been a strong year for music, and we’re only halfway there. We’ve received comeback albums from Lady Gaga and The Weeknd, a posthumous album from Mac Miller, a debut solo album from Paramore’s lead…
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Monday Music: My coming-of-age movie soundtrack
June 29, 2020All Monday Music for the Summer 2020 semester is now available on The Peak’s Spotify Playlist, Monday Music Summer 2020. Don’t forget to follow thepeaksfu on Spotify to listen more easily! By: Marco Ovies, Editor-in-Chief With social distancing still being a thing,…
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