Articles by Alan Ranta

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  The Herbaliser

  There Were Seven: Remixes

  PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2014

  The Herbaliser made something of a comeback with their 2012 concept album There Were Seven, and they have hammered the point home with a fu...

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  Dieter Moebius

  Nidemonex

  PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2014

  Dieter Moebius has been pushing the boundaries of recorded sound since the '70s, as part of such ground-breaking Krautrock and kosmische mu...

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  Yamantaka // Sonic Titan

  Fortune Sound Club, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, June 20

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014

  Drawing a sparse but diverse crowd reflective of the adventurous Vancouver International Jazz Festival's broadly accessible yet musically c...

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  Pelican

  Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver BC, June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2014

  The return of Pelican to Vancouver, the Illinois instrumental post-metal quartet's first visit to the port city since 2007, started off wit...

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  Seraphic Lights

  "Breeze" (video)

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2014

  Toronto's Seraphic Lights released their debut EP last year, entitled Trapped. While fans have been download the single "Breeze" for free f...

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  Sage Francis / B. Dolan

  Fortune Sound Club, Vancouver BC, June 12

  PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2014

  As a fan of poetry and rhyme, this bill was as good as it gets. Former slam poet champion B. Dolan hit the stage first, rolling in with an...

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  Timber Timbre

  Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, June 10

  PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2014

  "Take a waltz. Find that special someone, and make this count. Make this night last forever. Make this fucking night last forever. That was...

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  Ian Edwards

  100% Half-Assed

  PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2014

  100% Half-Assed is an album of firsts. For Ian Edwards, a long-time veteran of the stand-up scene who also boasts writing credits on SNL an...