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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
January 15, 2017Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/7HbRmqa95k3W32UKFjZIzP “Doing Good” – Milky Chance Jessica Pickering: Hipster, indie, boring. I literally forgot I was listening to this. (I mean I got distracted by a Facebook video, BUT STILL.) Paloma Pendharkar: This song catches the ear right away with that poppy guitar riff. I can only understand about half of the lyrics, but I don't really care because I don't think the singer is saying anything revolutionary. It's basically your run-of-the-mill four-chord pop song to give a slightly peppy start to your morning. Rita Ovis:…
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Best albums of 2016
January 4, 2017If 2016 were a movie, it would be a blockbuster disaster movie with a perfectly peculiar soundtrack. Artists ignored the boundaries of genre, creating pieces that showcased their progression and vulnerabilities as artists and people. So I tried to put…
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The worst songs of 2016
January 4, 2017“Me Too” – Meghan Trainor Meghan Trainor’s “Me Too” is the most painful thing I heard in 2016 — and that’s being nice. The chorus is just “If I was you, I’d wanna be me too” repeated multiple times. Did…
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The five best and worst Christmas albums
November 27, 2016Best Christmas by Michael Bublé – The man is a Canadian treasure and his voice is angelic. His Christmas album is the only thing you need all December. Christmas of Hope by various artists – This is the Christmas album…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
November 26, 2016By: Sarah Finley, 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/1VuFrQAXxOvqDSbmvourFM “Rockin’” – The Weeknd Jessica Whitesel: After all the hype, we finally have Starboy. And…
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As It Is doesn’t care about how fucking cool you think you are
November 25, 2016“We realize, that on this tour, the large majority of people have never heard of us.” At least that’s how As It Is front man Patty Walters described opening for Sum 41 and Senses Fail on the Don’t Call It…
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It’s been a whirlwind year, but the dream isn’t over for PUP
November 21, 2016This has been a big year for Toronto-based punk band PUP. Their second album — The Dream is Over — was released in May, and made the shortlist for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize. If that already wasn’t enough for…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
November 19, 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/1NxQeiiftvo7Z32Qze03n0 “I Feel it Coming” – The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk Jessica Whitesel: The Weeknd is talented, Daft…
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Staff Favourite Albums
November 14, 2016Good Grief by Lucius: One of my biggest regrets of 2016 is that I didn't see Lucius when they were in Vancouver. Twinsies power duo. What more could you want. – Natalie Serafini, Copy Editor 1989 by Taylor Swift: She's…
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Rent’s 20th anniversary is here
November 14, 2016Is Broadway a little too far and a little too expensive for you? Were you even born when Rent hit the musical scene 20 years ago? Never fear, fans of musical theatre: URP (formerly Uncle Randy Productions) has got you…
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