Articles by Alan Ranta

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  Toyko Police Club / Said the Whale / The Pack A.D.

  Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, November 15

  PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2014

  Toyko Police Club have been touring with a stacked bill of Canadian talent in support of Forcefield, their first album since 2010, with two...

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  Cristian Vogel

  Polyphonic Beings

  PUBLISHED Nov 14, 2014

  With the words of Karlheinz Stockhausen's 1972 lecture "Four Criteria of Electronic Music" on his mind, Cristian Vogel's Polyphonic Beings...

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  More Than Human's Winter Ritual with Sinoia Caves, the Passenger and Phil Western

  Fox Cabaret, Vancouver BC, November 6

  PUBLISHED Nov 7, 2014

  Run by CiTR host Gareth Moses, More Than Human is one of Vancouver's most interesting labels. The fledgling outfit already boasts diverse e...

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  William Ryan Fritch

  'Empty' (EP Stream)

  PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2014

  Oakland-based composer William Ryan Fritch is ready to release Empty. This EP is part of the six and a half hours of music that he's puttin...

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  Slim Twig

  A Hound at the Hem

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2014

  The world wasn't quite ready for Slim Twig's A Hound at the Hem when it surfaced in 2012. The psychedelic art-rock crooner born as Max Turn...

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  King Tuff

  Fortune Sound Club, Vancouver BC, October 23

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2014

  They may be called King Tuff, but the love was free-flowing at Fortune on this evening (October 23). Taking the stage to a screechy brass r...

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  555

  "The Wyze"

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2014

  Member of the Food Pyramid collective and Patreon hopeful, Chris Farstad is set to release his third album under the name 555 next month. F...

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  Primus

  Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble

  PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2014

  There have been over half a dozen drummers in Primus over the years, but it's widely accepted that the Tim "Herb" Alexander years were thei...