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Australian musician releases Canadian Exclusive EP
February 1, 2016Jeff Lang, an underground success in his native Australia, is embarking on a Western Canadian tour in support of Running by the Rock. According to Lang in an interview with The Peak, the EP is composed of “songs from a few different albums that have come out in various places but not previously in North America.” The EP is, in Lang's words, “a bit of a career overview with enough of the variety of moods in my music represented to give people an idea of where my music travels.” Given that the songs are from past albums, there isn’t a…
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Grizfolk produces music that is anything but grizzly
February 1, 2016Grizfolk is an alt-rock band from LA which has just released its debut album, Waking Up the Giants. Their hard work and determination shows through in their song-writing and flawlessly executed tunes. Although the whole album is amazing and endlessly…
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New Music Friday
January 29, 2016By: Sarah Finley, Courtney Miller, and Jessica Whitesel Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/4CH1iZJwz49z66jDNWyCVF “PILLOWTALK” (ZAYN) Jessica Whitesel: This song is pretty darn generic. As much as I like looking at…
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Brendon Urie becomes Panic! at the Disco
January 25, 2016Death of a Bachelor is Panic! at the Disco’s fifth album, and the only one so far to have the band consist solely of lead vocalist Brendon Urie. Urie plays all the instruments and sings all vocal parts on this…
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New Music Friday
January 22, 2016By: Sarah Finley, Courtney Miller, Zach Siddiqui, and Jessica Whitesel Check out and follow The Peak‘s Spotify account for the latest New Music Friday picks. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/5g5gsCOt3ZwwQKYdNxYxcA Heading Home (Gryffin Josef Salvat) Jessica Whitesel: This is a great song. I feel…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
January 20, 2016By: Sarah Finley, Max James Hill, Courtney Miller, and Jessica Whitesel Check out and follow The Peak's Spotify account for the latest New Music Friday picks. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/2CU016jlfBT7EtBckwLaxE Bring My Baby Back (Dr. Dog) Jessica Whitesel: It’s Dr. Dog so naturally it…
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Hello reinvents Hedley’s sound, but not in a good way
January 18, 2016Believe it or not, I’ve been a huge fan of Hedley’s music since their 2nd official album Famous Last Words. The album established their genre as alternative rock/pop-punk, and although they were not consistent with this, transferring over to this…
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Towers and Trees create “big sound” in their first full-length album
January 18, 2016Towers and Trees have been touring their latest album West Coast through Chilliwack, Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo, and Courtenay. Led by singer-songwriter Adrian Chalifour, this five-piece band has started to make a real name for themselves throughout Canada with their first…
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The Best of Everything of 2015
January 4, 2016Click the image to enlarge
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Ascension showcases SFU’s dance, music, and theatre students
December 3, 2015At SFU Woodward’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, the end of semester includes a number of programs that showcase student learning and development as artists at the School for the Contemporary Arts. Amongst all this programming is the student-organized show…
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