Articles by Alan Ranta

OMBIIGIZI Make Noise with a Purpose on 'Sewn Back Together'

PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2022

Nobody lives forever. We only have a brief window to use our voices to influence the world. The debut album from Adam Sturgeon and Daniel M...

Cate Le Bon Turns Isolation into a Creative Eruption on 'Pompeii'

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2022

Isolation can lead to brilliance or madness, occasionally both. Having moved north of bustling Helsinki to the quiet artist community of La...

Badge Epoch's 90-Minute 'Scroll' Would Be a Mess in Lesser Hands

PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2021

The latest instalment in the ever-expanding Slim Twig universe sees mastermind Max Turnbull step out from his Badge Époque Ensemble. Turnbu...

Frazey Ford / Alexandria Maillot

Capital Ballroom, Victoria BC, March 5

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2020

Hitting up Victoria at the tail end of a mini Canadian tour in support of her third solo album, Vancouver's Frazey Ford brought a ray of su...

Black Belt Eagle Scout

Lucky Bar, Victoria BC, February 29

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2020

You've gotta admire an artist who has something to say that needs saying, and Black Belt Eagle Scout were communicating before they hit the...

The Heliocentrics

Infinity of Now

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2020

London, UK-based jazz fusion outfit the Heliocentrics made a ripple with their appearance on DJ Shadow's generally underwhelming 2006 effor...

Emika

Klavírní Temná

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2020

Classically trained, yet club-ready, Ema Jolly (aka Emika) is one of the most interesting and unheralded figures in music today. A melding...

The Beaches / Hunny

Capital Ballroom, Victoria BC, February 6

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2020

The last time that the Beaches were in Victoria, opening for Glorious Sons at Save-On-Foods Memorial in late 2018, they made quite an impre...