Articles by Alan Ranta

Arandel

InBach

PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2020

Electronic music has always enjoyed a close relationship to classical composition. After Léon Theremin created his revolutionary namesake i...

Patrick Watson / Brad Barr

McPherson Playhouse, Victoria BC, January 15

PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2020

For all of his continually growing talents, Patrick Watson's buzz peaked early. His second studio album with a full band, Close to Paradise...

Rich Aucoin / Tourist Company

Lucky Bar, Victoria BC, November 02

PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2019

Halifax native Rich Aucoin is very well liked in Canada. His first two albums, 2011's We're All Dying to Live and 2014's Ephemeral, both ma...

Sloan

Distrikt Nightclub, Victoria BC, October 29

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2019

Navy Blues is a rather divisive album for fans of Sloan, the longtime Canadian rock institution. For those from their native Halifax, it wa...

Bison / Black Thunder

Upstairs Cabaret, Victoria BC, October 19

PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2019

It's been slow going for Vancouver's Bison (aka Bison B.C.) since they were unceremoniously (and unjustifiably) dropped from Metal Blade af...

Black Mountain / Majeure

Distrikt Nightclub, Victoria BC, September 15

PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2019

Black Mountain went through the ringer in order to deliver their fifth album, Destroyer. Drummer Joshua Wells and singer Amber Webber, toge...

Stereolab

Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night (Expanded and Remastered)

PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2019

It's a good thing that Twitter wasn't around 20 years ago. If the internet was what it is now back in 1999, when Stereolab released their s...

​Sandro Perri Chills Out for 'Soft Landing' LP

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2019

Singer, songwriter, agreeable producer and casual gardener Sandro Perri's new album is very much an effort made in and of the great city of...