music
Three music platforms for a better listening experience
January 12, 2026By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer The onset of the 2000s ushered in the birth of online streaming, driven by small tech startups who would become the exploitative media monopolies we have today. An unsettling prediction of this grim dystopia is Gillian Welch’s 2001 song “Everything is Free,” which expresses her despair towards what the internet would mean for musicians’ livelihoods. 25 years later, Welch couldn’t have been more on the mark. Spotify, the global music streaming giant with over 700 million monthly users, is perhaps the worst culprit, underpaying artists with skimpy royalties that vary between $0.003 and $0.004 USD…
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Brighter Side: music nostalgia
January 5, 2026By: Zainab Salam, Opinions Editor Art has a way of preserving time. My favourite albums are basically an auditory photograph of what life was like when they were on repeat; music is a time capsule. Lately, I’ve been packing up…
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SHOWSTORM: An interview with Etchos
August 6, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer On August 6, Vancouver-based Filipino artist Etchos will debut SHOWSTORM at the Vancouver Black Library, accompanied by Couch Jams. The project is a live multimedia performance of Etchos’ new extended play (EP), performed alongside a…
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Tenise Marie’s upcoming album Off The Record contains multitudes
July 9, 2025By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer Tenise Marie, a BC singer-songwriter of Assyrian, French, and British descent, is set to release her newest album, Off the Record, on July 11. I listened to an advance recording of her songs and found…
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Brighter Side: When a song finds you
June 18, 2025By: Rusham Verma, SFU Student Imagine you’re on a road trip wi your playlist on shuffle. Then, that song comes on. Yes, the one that seems like it was made for this exact moment on the road. The windows are…
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Grieving the Lapu-Lapu festival tragedy
June 16, 2025By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Lapu-Lapu Day — a day to celebrate resistance — traces its roots to when Datu Lapu-Lapu defeated Spanish colonial rule during the 1521 Battle of Mactan in the Philippines. Since 2023, Vancouver has held a…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: End of semester events
March 24, 2025By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor Blue Jay Sessions at Medina Café 780 Richards St., Vancouver March 27, 6:00 p.m.–10:15 p.m. Tickets: $15 for one session, $23 for full session on showpass.com The Blue Jay Sessions, a Calgary-based pop-up…
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Monday Music: Filipino music of the 2010s
March 24, 2025By: Dani Santos, Peak Associate “Ride Home” by Ben & Ben In Ben & Ben’s 2017 single, the narrator goes on a morning drive to a place that reminds him of an important person in his life. The lyrics,…
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MAUVEY TO A BAWAH: A name, legacy, and cinematic journey
March 5, 2025By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer On a bone-chillingly cold Friday night, I made my way down to the VIFF Centre to watch the film premiere of MAUVEY TO A BAWAH. It’s directed by Andrew Huculiak and shot by Joseph Schweers.…
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Vinyls are the perfect musical medium
March 5, 2025By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Over the holidays, I finally got a gift I’ve wanted for years: a record player! I was so pleased with this funky little trinkit, but I needed actual vinyls to play on it. They’re not…
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