Articles by Alan Ranta

San Fermin / Son Lux

Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver BC, February 28

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2014

Although touring guitarist Rafiq Bhatia and drummer Ian Chang (People Get Ready) had both been to Vancouver before, the main man behind Son...

Christina Vantzou

Nº2

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2014

Kansas City-born, Brussels-based multimedia artist Christina Vantzou set expectations high with her 2011 debut album, Nº1, and it's doubtfu...

Crosss Share Split Single and North American Tour Dates, Premiere New Video

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2014

Following last year's Obsidian Spectre, Crosss are fully embracing 2014 with a new single, North American tour and video. On March 3, Pl...

Ane Brun / Linnea Olsson

Electric Owl Social Club, Vancouver BC, February 17

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2014

The pride of Norway, singer-songwriter Ane Brun, made her first stop in Vancouver as she tours in support of a career retrospective called...

The Pack A.D.

Handle With Care

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2014

If you're not growing, you're dying. Since their 2007 debut Tinytype, the Pack A.D. have delivered album after album of no frills, no gimmi...

Oneohtrix Point Never

Fortune Sound Club, Vancouver BC, February 3

PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2014

Brooklyn-based experimental musician Daniel Lopatin puts no bio on his website, label pages, or any social media platform, choosing instead...

Marissa Nadler

July

PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2014

Since her appropriately titled 2004 debut Ballads of Living and Dying, Marissa Nadler has demonstrated herself to be a keen lyricist with a...

Time Attendant

Treacherous Orb EP

PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2014

Only the fourth release by Vancouver's already impressive More Than Human Records, the Treacherous Orb EP by Time Attendant makes few attem...