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September 26, 2016Atlanta (FX Tuesday) Atlanta is the latest comedic offering from Donald Glover (Community). The show follows his character Earn Marks as he tries to manage his up-and-coming rapper cousin, Alfred ‘Paper Boi’ Miles (Brian Tyree Henry). Broke with a kid to look after, Earn has his work cut out for him. It needs mentioning that, for a show labelled a comedy, it wasn’t that funny. There were comedic moments and some good one-liners, but it was more of a drama with guns and philosophic asides splashed throughout. That being said, it is an intriguing show. The characters have dimension and…
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FOOD FIGHT: Coffee Bar New West is the perfect addition to the local chain
September 26, 2016The newest addition to the Coffee Bar family is now open in New Westminster. Located on Columbia Street just a stone’s throw away from the New West SkyTrain station, it is like stepping into a Gastown coffee shop. Upon entering…
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Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery is full of farce and imagination
September 26, 2016Based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles, this play by Ken Ludwig is full of corny lines and all the idiosyncrasies that we have come to love in both Holmes and his trusty assistant Watson. The…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
September 24, 2016By: Anthony Czeto, Sarah Finley, and Courtney Miller Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/7wRlotfwsseaIRq8PHqDZR “If You Go” – Passenger Antony Czeto: It’s cute, though I really feel like the only appropriate time…
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ALBUM REVIEWS
September 19, 2016By: Max James Hill and Courtney Miller Skeleton Tree by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Even for a Nick Cave album, Skeleton Tree is dark. Partially recorded after the tragic death of Cave’s son, the album is an unfettered…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
September 16, 2016By: Sarah Finley, Courtney Miller, Jessica Whitesel Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/427RTLkNEm18memunM9aAJ “My Way” – Calvin Harris Jessica Whitesel: Bye girl, bye. I might be reading too much into the drama…
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Even with its flaws, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is worth playing
September 12, 2016Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is the next entry in the Deus Ex series following 2011’s Human Revolution. An action-based game with role-playing elements, the game is set in the near future of 2029 with the primary conflict revolving around how…
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New semester, new music
September 12, 2016By: Jaiden Dembo, Max James Hill, Tanya Humeniuk, Courtney Miller, Natalie Serafini, and Eva Zhu Emotion Side B – Carly Rae Jepsen Emotion Side B is an extension of Carly Rae Jepsen’s third studio album Emotion, which came out in…
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Album Reviews
September 6, 2016By: Max James Hill, Courtney Miller, and Justin Stevens Blonde by Frank Ocean Don’t believe anyone who tells you Channel Orange is better than Blonde. Where the former was bombastic and groovy, Frank Ocean’s latest is quiet and melancholy, more…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
September 2, 2016Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/5aqc52ZW1Rxecllj0BV6Xi “33 ‘God’” – Bon Iver Jessica Whitesel: I am the first to admit that I am a huge Bon Iver fan and this song doesn’t change…
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