Articles by Alan Ranta

Christina Vantzou

No. 4

PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2018

Robert Burns had something to say about the best-laid plans of mice and men, and their tendency to go awry. Well, sometimes, going awry is...

Woolymammoth

Filling Spots

PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2018

Tread carefully with the debut album from Los Angeles-based producer Woolymammoth. Filling Spots is so dense, it generates its own field of...

Paul de Jong

"You Fucken Sucker"

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2018

Paul de Jong — half of famously eclectic electro-acoustic collage duo the Books — is following up his 2015 solo debut IF with You Fucken Su...

Dabrye

Three/Three

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2018

Much has changed since Ann Arbor producer Tadd Mullinix dropped Two/Three, his second album under the moniker of Dabrye. Back in early 2006...

The Thing with Five Eyes Explore Dark Jazz and Spiritual Realms on 'Noirabesque'

PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2018

For the past 20 years or so, Jason Köhnen has been busy. Among other ventures, he has released a slew of the most hardcore drum & bass and...

Thao & the Get Down Stay Down / Car Seat Headrest

The Cobalt, Vancouver BC, March 27

PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2018

After putting out four albums over the course of eight years, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down turned a corner with their most recent LP, A Ma...

Check Out a New Trailer for Shawn Lee's 'The Library Music Film'

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2017

As previously reported, eccentric UK-based funk producer Shawn Lee is helming a documentary about library music, with the suitably generic...

Primus

The Desaturating Seven

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2017

A band of incomparable renown in American alt-rock history, Primus continue their bizarre post-hiatus trajectory with their ninth studio al...