Articles by Alan Ranta

Housewives Prep 'Work' LP, Premiere "Docile Body"

PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2015

South London post-punk quartet Housewives are set to release their debut album, Work. Thanks to a partnership between Hands in the Dark, Ne...

U.S. Girls

Half Free

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2015

Illinois-born, Toronto-based Megan Remy has proven her dedication to lo-fi pop weirdness throughout her prolific career in U.S. Girls, but...

Not the Wind, Not the Flag Prep 'Vermillion' LP, Preview "Aurora"

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2015

Following eight years of playing together, highlighted by their controlled burn at the 2015 Obey Convention in Halifax, Toronto-based psych...

Eagles of Death Metal

Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, September 3

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2015

"I hope everybody is having a good time like we're having a good time." - Jesse Hughes   California's Eagles of Death Metal are a pure-bloo...

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard / Mild High Club

Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver BC, September 1

PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2015

With appropriately scuzzy '60s garage-rock playing between bands, Alexander Brettin's Mild High Club delivered on their name. Playing much...

Jenny Hval

The Cobalt, Vancouver BC, August 28

PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2015

Following the dreamy downtempo pop of Jagjaguwar's Briana Marela, whose sound is somewhere between Fake Tears and the Casket Girls, Norway'...

Elle King

Stawamus Stage, Squamish BC, August 9

PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2015

There is something to be said for a theatrical stage presence. Hitting the stage in a white top hat and matching tailcoat over a skeleton-p...

First Aid Kit

Stawamus Stage, Squamish BC, August 9

PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2015

With a gold sheet covering the back of the stage and a banner for their 2014 album Stay Gold on top of it, First Aid Kit concluded a length...