Articles by Alan Ranta

Black Mountain's Stephen McBean Got Behind the Wheel for New Album 'Destroyer'

PUBLISHED May 22, 2019

A licence to drive is more than just a piece of plastic with your picture on it — it's a passport to adventure, a feeling of power and free...

Diane Coffee

Internet Arms

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2019

Embracing his third album with Internet Arms, Diane Coffee presents fans with a rather perplexing directional shift. Helmed by the fabulous...

Odd Nosdam

Mirrors

PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2019

It's doubtful that musique concrète pioneer Pierre Schaeffer fully comprehended the can of worms he was opening when he spliced his first t...

Bogdan Raczynski

Rave 'Till You Cry

PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2019

He may have never received the accolades afforded to contemporaries like Aphex Twin or Squarepusher, yet Polish-born nomad Bogdan Raczynski...

Epic Beard Men

This Was Supposed to Be Fun

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2019

While 6ix9ine and XXXTentacion were getting themselves into trouble, the timing was perfect for Strange Famous boss Sage Francis and slam p...

Medline

A Quest Called Tribe

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2019

In 2017, French graphic artist Stéphane Carricondo turned his talents to a series of hip-hop portraits, a creative happening that went on t...

Shakey Graves / Cameron Neal

Alix Goolden Performance Hall, Victoria BC, March 20

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2019

If you were at the 2014 Sasquatch! Music Festival, you probably heard the name Shakey Graves. He was the talk of the weekend, as he earned...

Flying Hórses

Reverie

PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2019

Composer Jade Bergeron is on record as saying Reverie, her sophomore album under the Flying Hórses banner, is a "heartbreak record." Yet it...