Articles by Alan Ranta

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  The Automatic Message

  The Left Circular Appendix

  PUBLISHED Dec 24, 2014

  Founded by Vancouver artists Richard Duggan (aka KAFKA), Trevor Jacobson (half of the Automatic Message), Matthew Gunn (aka Thegn), and Mat...

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  Shlohmo

  Celebrities, Vancouver BC, December 17

  PUBLISHED Dec 18, 2014

  Shlohmo started his set 42 minutes late, and wasn't worth the wait. Born Henry Laufer, the Los Angeles producer had a minimal set-up to mat...

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  Andrew Thomas Wilson

  The Chain Reaction OST

  PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2014

  Not to be confused with the 1996 film in which Keanu Reeves played a smart guy, The Chain Reaction is Ian Barry's 1980 tale of corporate ev...

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  Brian May

  Turkey Shoot OST

  PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2014

  When Brian May was asked to compose the music for what would become one of the great Ozploitation flicks, 1982's Turkey Shoot, he had a gra...

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  Phantogram / Mounties

  Vogue Theatre, Vancouver BC, December 14

  PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2014

  There seemed to be a bit of tension in the air for Mounties on the last night of a mini-Canadian tour with Phantogram, in support of the Ca...

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  My Brightest Diamond / Rabbit Rabbit

  Electric Owl, Vancouver BC, December 7

  PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2014

  What an unusual and entertaining bill this was. The husband and wife team of Carla Kihlstedt and Matthias Bossi, together known as Rabbit R...

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  The Thing With Five Eyes

  نور

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2014

  Since the late '90s, Jason Köhnen has rained down the fiercest of ragga jungle under the name of Bong-Ra. Later, he helped realize the dark...

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  Cold Specks

  The Imperial, Vancouver BC, November 25

  PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2014

  As the driving force behind Cold Specks, Al Spx has been through a lot in the past couple of years. Her 2012 debut I Predict a Graceful Exp...