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The Tourist Company explores space in Apollo
November 25, 2016The Tourist Company’s new album, Apollo, is out of this world, if you’ll forgive the pun. But seriously. The album is catchy and fresh, foregoing the typical guitar-driven indie sound for of keyboards and synths. On top of this expansive base they’ve layered everything from tambourines to trumpets, with echoey vocals and lyrics that yearn for the expanse of outer space. On the album we see songs like “Sputnik,” “Astronaut,” and “Weightless and Stranded.” Where did this space theme come from? On the phone with The Peak, lead vocalist Taylor Swindells said it stems from his childhood. “When I was…
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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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CENTRE STAGE: Great Russian Ballet touring Canada and reviews of Janeane Garofalo, This is That, Betroffenheit, and Spellbound Contemporary Ballet
March 7, 2016Great Russian Ballet’s Giselle currently touring Canada March 14 in Abbottsford; Vancouver show postponed and TBD Most people would assume that Russians are used to the cold, but Viorel Balan, founder of Great Russian Ballet, assured me that when his…
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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…
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Fringe Festival features SFU stars
September 11, 2015Every year the Vancouver Fringe Festival gives artists the opportunity to showcase their art in some of the zaniest and most interesting venues throughout Vancouver. Many SFU students and alumni join in on the action, showcasing their incredible talents in…
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