Articles by Alan Ranta

Top 10 Artists to See at Squamish Valley Music Festival

PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2015

This weekend, we're sending our Jazz, Experimental and Improv Editor, Alan Ranta, into beautiful Squamish, BC to attend his first Squamish...

The Appleseed Cast

The Cobalt, Vancouver BC, July 13

PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2015

The Appleseed Cast have survived a fair number of changes since forming in the late '90s, and their sophomore full-length from 2000, Mare V...

Trans Am / Sur Une Plage

Fox Cabaret, Vancouver BC, July 6

PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2015

Following a selection of 45s by Jeremy Schmidt (aka Sinoia Caves), Vancouver duo Sur Une Plage meekly took the stage. With Joshua Wells (Li...

Guantanamo Baywatch / Juan Wauters

Wise Hall, Vancouver BC, June 30

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2015

Representing Queens by way of Uruguay, Captured Tracks singer-songwriter Juan Wauters dropped an uneven set at Wise Hall on this Canada Day...

Drowse

"Melt" (video)

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2015

Portland experimentalist Kyle Bates dropped Soon Asleep, his latest solo album under the name of Drowse, earlier this month through the APN...

Jun Miyake

Lost Memory Theatre ­– act-2

PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2015

Composer and trumpeter Jun Miyake has been on the scene in Japan since at least the early '80s, yet his career didn't really start peaking...

Jaga Jazzist Explain Their Ever-Changing Direction on 'Starfire'

PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2015

Norwegian experimental jazz troupe Jaga Jazzist have created genre-bending music for over 20 years, a remarkable feat considering three sib...

Sufjan Stevens

Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver BC, June 9

PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2015

High expectations come with a $50 indie rock concert ticket, but it's doubtful anyone last night (June 9) was thinking about the money as t...