Articles by Alan Ranta

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  Mix Master Mike

  Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 15

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2018

  Michael Schwartz, aka Mix Master Mike, knows his way around a turntable. Best known as the DJ for the Beastie Boys from Hello Nasty onward,...

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  Bishop Briggs

  Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 15

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2018

  Born in London to Scottish parents and raised in Tokyo and Hong Kong before settling in Los Angeles, Sarah Grace McLaughlin named herself B...

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  Kimmortal

  Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 14

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2018

  Kimmortal, aka Kim Villagante, has a voice that needs to be heard. The non-binary Filipino MC from Vancouver introduced themselves by ackno...

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  Fucked Up

  Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 14

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2018

  Say what you will about Polaris Music Prize-winning punk sextet Fucked Up, they know how to put on a show. All the rumours about Damian Abr...

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  Daniel Caesar

  Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 14

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2018

  With his four-piece band and a trio of backup singers hanging out onstage, his name in projected in Pulp Fiction font over shaky Super 8 st...

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  Bridal Party

  Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 13

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2018

  A self-proclaimed "laissez-faire" beach-pop ensemble from Victoria with a couple of EPs under their belt, Bridal Party had a big presence o...

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  Miesha and the Spanks

  Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 13

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2018

  The word "ballsy" appears twice in the bio of Calgary duo Miesha and the Spanks. After seeing guitarist/frontwoman Miesha Louie, also a Gir...

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  Tough Age

  Rifflandia, Victoria BC, September 13

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2018

  The current iteration of scuzz-pop magnates Tough Age consists of guitarist Jarrett Samson, bassist Penny Clark, and drummer Jesse Locke, t...