Articles by Alan Ranta

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  Shigeto

  Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver BC, June 6

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2015

  As Michigan-based producer Zach Saginaw hit the stage, the man they also call Shigeto requested that people move closer, which he said woul...

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  Black Mountain

  Malkin Bowl, Vancouver BC, June 6

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2015

  One could hardly choose a more perfect setting for Black Mountain's first Vancouver show since 2012 than Levitation. This festival was prac...

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  Elephant Stone

  Malkin Bowl, Vancouver BC, June 6

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2015

  Based in Montreal since 2008, this was somehow Elephant Stone's first time playing in Vancouver. It didn't go exactly as planned, since fro...

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  TacocaT

  Malkin Bowl, Vancouver BC, June 6

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2015

  The rock gods weren't exactly kind to Seattle's TacocaT for this show. They survived a three-hour ordeal at the border, which cost them $20...

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  Black Wizard

  Malkin Bowl, Vancouver BC, June 7

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2015

  Vancouver's Black Wizard have experienced their fair share of turmoil in their years together, between their brief hiatus in 2011 after gui...

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  Curtis Harding

  Malkin Bowl, Vancouver BC, June 7

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2015

  Taking the Michigan gospel to Atlanta, where he sang backup for Cee-Lo Green, Curtis Harding's set at Levitation injected some much needed...

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  The Black Angels

  Malkin Bowl, Vancouver BC, June 7

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2015

  Austin's Black Angels are a tough act to review live. On record, their driving psych-rock sound is near perfection, even grander than worth...

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  Sun Ra Star System

  China Cloud, Vancouver BC, June 5

  PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2015

  Not unlike the universe itself, it was hard to tell exactly when the Sun Ra Star System began. The septet started improvising while trumpet...