Articles by Alan Ranta

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  The Glorious Sons / The Beaches

  Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria BC, November 1

  PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2018

  You could practically smell the Juno Awards in the air amidst the legal pot fumes at the half full Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. The Glori...

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  We Hunt Buffalo

  Head Smashed In

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2018

  We Hunt Buffalo have entered the kill zone. The guttural guitar of Ryan, the bong-breaking bass of Cliff Thiessen, and the Donkey Kong drum...

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  The Weather Station / Jennifer Castle

  Lucky Bar, Victoria BC, October 18

  PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2018

  For a brief moment, it seemed like Toronto invaded Victoria. Lucky Bar may as well have been Massey Hall, as everyone who appeared onstage...

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  The Dead South / Leeroy Stagger

  Capital Ballroom, Victoria BC, October 3

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2018

  With the Capital Ballroom filled to capacity with tittering drunkards buzzing with excitement for the Dead South's first-ever appearance in...

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  Current Swell & Friends

  Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 16

  PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2018

  What a way to cap off a fantastic festival weekend, by inviting one of the most buzzed bands in the Victoria music scene today to bring alo...

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  The Zolas

  Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 16

  PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2018

  The Zolas got bitten by the festival bug hard for this set. Pretty much everything that could break ended up breaking. Before they even sta...

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  Lights

  Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 16

  PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2018

  Clearly, Lights hasn't seen the 1994 college movie PCU or she just doesn't care, because she wore the shirt of the band she went to go see....

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  The J.B.'s

  Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 15

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2018

  The J.B.'s were touted as the original James Brown band, but that's not technically true. Brown formed the collective in the aftermath of h...