music
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 screening of an original four-episode miniseries. SHOWSTORM is a crowdfunded project centering themes of immigration, growth, and survival, from a passionate artist sharing her journey and growth with people in hopes that it speaks to them too. This event and the series are set to be vibrant experiences full of memories — ones to be remembered, and ones to be…
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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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Tezeta, a dive into Ethiopia’s music scene and its Armenian influences
February 21, 2025By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: brief mention of genocide. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) film festival, held at the VIFF centre, has had an expansive catalogue of unique films and documentaries which capture stories from these…
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Travel the world in music with International Guitar Night
February 18, 2025By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor When one mentions the guitar, you may think of it as an accompanying instrument — a twinkle in the background of a singer’s vocals. But as proven on February 1 by International Guitar…
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