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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
November 14, 2016Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/5FGY6T2vFuHDDDa0pcCF4a “We the People . . .” – A Tribe Called Quest Jessica Whitesel: I always forget how great rap can be. When there is focus on social justice and issues that black and POC communities face, it’s straight fire. That’s the focus of this song and while it isn’t going to be the soundtrack to getting lit in the club, it still is a banger nonetheless. Tegan Gallilee-Lang: Daaaang, it is so baller when the backtrack cuts out like that. All the lyrics in…
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ALBUM REVIEWS
November 7, 2016A Pentatonix Christmas – Pentatonix The trailblazing, internationally celebrated a cappella group Pentatonix has released new music in the fall every year for the past four years — and they’re not about to break that streak. You most likely have…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
November 4, 2016Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/25mxTPcgnrcY7eQjExXO5Y “Setting Fires” – The Chainsmokers feat. XYLØ Jessica Whitesel: Bless the Chainsmokers for going beyond “#Selfie,” but damn them for making basically the same song…
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ALBUM REVIEWS
October 31, 2016Yes Lawd! – NxWorries Yes Lawd!, the debut album by the brand new hip-hop duo NxWorries, made me go “Yes lawd!” The album delivers the best of modern hip-hop as far as smooth vocals and chill beats. Anderon .Paak…
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American Honey is everything but sweet
October 31, 2016American Honey, directed by Andrea Arnold, shines like the backlit summer-scape of your mind. Its visceral and concrete insight into the underbelly of the American dream submerges the viewer. The long shots of sunrises and sunsets over the rolling American…
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Do you have what it takes to be Keeping up with the Joneses?
October 30, 2016Keeping Up with the Joneses stars Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher as the most stereotypical, boring married couple on the planet (the Gaffneys), and Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot as the Joneses. The Joneses are gorgeous, sophisticated, multi-talented, awe-inspiring people…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
October 30, 2016Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/27KmaOePPIuBV0GqfR3jl5 “Fake Love” – Drake Jessica Whitesel: The beat is 🔥 but Drake is lukewarm. While he has found something that works for him, 30 should…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
October 14, 2016Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/5TJ8VQOyeTv9uZA07wHPVv “Don’t Wanna Know” – Maroon 5 feat. Kendrick Lamar Jessica Whitesel: I only kept listening to this song for two reasons: first, I feel it’s my…
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ALBUM REVIEWS
October 3, 2016We Are the Halluci Nation by A Tribe Called Red A Tribe Called Red is impossible to ignore. Having steadily gained popularity since its inception in 2007, the band’s latest is its best yet: a visceral and endlessly inventive mix…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
September 30, 2016Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/3GPKrCAJ5DY7G92Ud6I6ai “False Alarm” – The Weeknd Jessica Whitesel: The first line that stood out to me was, “Six inch long, three inch wide,” so we are off…
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