Articles by Alan Ranta

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  Circuit des Yeux

  China Cloud, Vancouver BC, June 5

  PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2015

  Circuit des Yeux's Haley Fohr was not an imposing figure. She slouched a bit as her guitar hung from her neck, her shoulder-length mop-top...

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  Best Coast

  The Imperial, Vancouver BC, June 3

  PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2015

  When Best Coast hit the scene in 2010 with Crazy for You, they touched on a kind of pop sentimentality heard in the girl groups of the '60s...

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  Jaga Jazzist

  Starfire

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2015

  The only constant in the world of Jaga Jazzist is change. The Norwegian experimental jazz collective simply refuse to repeat themselves, mo...

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  Jon Brooks

  Walberswick

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2015

  Jon Brooks is one of those artists who can't seem to take a break. He has produced dozens of library and hauntology-tinged releases under h...

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  Colin Cowan & the Elastic Stars

  "Where What Loves Me" (video)

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2015

  As previously reported, Dada Plan collaborator Colin Cowan is set to release Spring Myths today (May 22). This is the third instalment in h...

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  The Jesus and Mary Chain

  Vogue Theatre, Vancouver BC, May 13

  PUBLISHED May 14, 2015

  With lone remaining founders Jim and William Reid at their core, legendary Scottish outfit the Jesus and Mary Chain released one of the mos...

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  Weird Candle

  'Regeneration' (album stream)

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2015

  Vancouver-based synth-punk duo Weird Candle are set to release their debut album, Regeneration, on May 22 through Weyrd Son Records, and Ex...

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  Sleater-Kinney / THEESatisfaction

  Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, May 6

  PUBLISHED May 7, 2015

  Together known as THEESatisfaction, the Seattle duo of rapper Stasia "Stas" Irons and singer Catherine "Cat" Harris-White dropped a minimal...