Articles by Alan Ranta

Goat

World Peace Through World Music

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2014

When Goat's debut album, World Music, buzzed into the collective consciousness with its blend of rock psychedelia and Afrobeat syncopation...

alt-J

This Is All Yours

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2014

The notion of a sophomore album slump is much like the hockey superstition that two goals is the worst margin to lead by; it's not a certai...

Goat Spin Mysteries About 'Commune' and Recording on "Holy and Unholy Sites"

PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2014

Reading through all of the literature, reviews and interviews that have amassed since they burst on the scene in 2012, it's hard to tell if...

My Brightest Diamond

This Is My Hand

PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2014

In approaching her fifth album under the name My Brightest Diamond, Shara Worden focussed on the question, "What is the value of music?" Th...

William Ryan Fritch

'Behind the Scenes Pt. 1 (The Leave Me Sessions)' (video)

PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2014


William Ryan Fritch has been busy in 2014. So far, he has released a full-length collaboration with Volcano Choir drummer Jon Muelle...

Owen Pallett

Imperial, Vancouver BC, September 9

PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2014

Everything Owen Pallett records turns to gold. His sophomore album (under the name Final Fantasy) won the inaugural Polaris Music Prize in...

Swans

Venue, Vancouver BC, September 5

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2014


Taking the stage first, Swans' hairy everyman Thor Harris started working away at a gong with two mallets, joined on the cymbals by...

Reggie Watts

Vogue Theatre, Vancouver BC, September 4

PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2014

"No one takes the chances I do." – Reggie Watts Reggie Watts one of those rare characters who truly lives up to the "larger than life" idi...