Tanya Humeniuk

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ALBUM REVIEWS

Peak Web October 11, 2016

By: Max James Hill, Tanya Humeniuk, Courtney Miller, and Connor Robinson Sirens by Nicolas Jaar Nicolas Jaar’s second LP, Sirens, does not break new ground with his stark, bass-heavy style. Instead, he incorporates all his previous efforts to create his most cohesive yet challenging record to date. This album moves fluidly through instrumentation, genre, and even language. Take a track like “The Governor,” which combines a breakcore drum beat with an Angelo Badalamenti-style piano riff before letting a solo horn wail freely. For the climactic finish, he reintroduces all these juxtaposing parts and produces one of the most exciting sections…

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New semester, new music

Peak Web September 12, 2016

By: 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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Let’s not forget

EIC November 11, 2013

With Remembrance Day coming up, several university students in Ottawa, along with the Rideau Institute, plan on handing out white poppies as an alternative to the red poppies we wear to commemorate the day. Promoting his pacifist ideology, Celyn Dufay…

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