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Best Release 2018: Music

Origins by Imagine Dragons: Honesty and Transparency in Music We’ve hit the final instalment of our Best Release 2018 series and we’re coming in hot with our music album choice: Origins by Imagine Dragons. The fourth studio album by the band, Origins was released at the tail end of the year, on November 9, 2018. This album has been one of the most innovative and exciting releases in music this year for me! This new album was a relative surprise as it came out a little over a year after the band’s last album Evolve. Typically in the music world,…

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Christmas Playlist

We’ve made playlists for so many different events and times of the year so you know that we were going to be coming to you with a Christmas playlist as well! Christmas for both Z and I is an interesting time of the year. Though we’ve both grown up in the west, culturally neither of us celebrate the holiday. So, while this season always came with guaranteed time off from school, it was not quite the festive occasion that it was for some of our friends. What I’ve come to love about the season has been developed from observing from…

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Dance Party Playlist

Happy Sunday everyone! Holiday season fast approaches, and with festivities nigh, it’s just a great time of the year to have some fun and let loose a bit more often. The warmth of the holidays and the hype that precedes it brings joy and light to the cold and dark days of winter. Honestly, the last two months of the year are always incredibly memorable because it’s the time of year when I see more friends and family than ever. I just came back from celebrating a cousin’s birthday last night, which as absolutely epic. So in lieu of the…

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Late Fall Vibes Playlist

For those of us living in certain time zones, daylight savings ended last night. This period seems to mark the unofficially official start of the colder season – leaves falling, colours bright, shorter days, and a chill in the air that makes you want to sip hot beverages, layer up in forty scarves, and don stylish jackets. There’s something unavoidably charming about the autumnal transition into winter, be it the earthy tones that people and nature alike sport, the cozy feeling of a warm home, or the beautiful landscapes. Personally, autumn is the time that I love discovering new songs…

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World Mental Health Day Playlist

Today is World Mental Health day. In light of this, we’re putting up a playlist consisting of songs that candidly centre around various artists’ mental health and mental illnesses. It is by no means easy to discuss one’s mental health, especially if dealing with mental illness, unfortunately due to the stigma surrounding it for many years. Days like today remind us that there is still a lot of work to do in the way of mental illness visibility, and providing resources for those of us who suffer. Music, particularly artists who are brave enough to express their most vulnerable thoughts…

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2000s Alt + Punk Playlist

If you’re a child of the 90s like me, and grew up with your angsty preteen years landing smack dab in the midst of the early 2000s, then you’ll understand how necessary it is to periodically listen to some of those goodies. The 2000s were a time when the alternative, punky style rock (I won’t go so far to say any of these being in the actual “Punk Rock” genre; if anything, more Pop Rock). Keep in mind, this was the era of the emo/scene/MySpace crazes, and what fittingly accompanied this time was an onslaught of head bopping, punk influenced,…

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