Articles by Alan Ranta

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  Black Manual

  Mordendo

  PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2013

  Jan St. Werner had a busy year in 2013, releasing two improvisational full-lengths on Thrill Jockey while completing a new Mouse On Mars EP...

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  Xiu Xiu

  Nina

  PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2013

  Jamie Stewart is one of the most intense personalities in music today. Having battled depression for years — due to his father's appa...

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  The Mint Records Ridiculously Early Xmas Party with Tough Age, Jay Arner, the Evaporators and Renny Wilson

  Ukrainian Hall, Vancouver BC, November 30

  PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2013

  Mint Records has been a jewel of the Vancouver indie music scene for over 20 years, and they've been doing these Xmas parties, often ridicu...

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  Shad

  Vogue, Vancouver BC, November 29

  PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2013

  Shadrach Kabango is a worldly fellow, having been born in Kenya and raised in London, Ontario. Yet, since earning his masters degree in lib...

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  Discodeine

  Swimmer

  PUBLISHED Nov 25, 2013

  Discodeine is the combined efforts of noted French producers Cédric Marszewski and Benjamin Morando, respectively known as Pilooski and Pen...

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  Thundercat

  Fortune Sound Club, Vancouver BC, November 16

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2013

  It was a future funk fusion family affair this evening, as the monolithic six-string bass of Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner was flanked by you...

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  Cass McCombs / Michael Hurley

  Fortune Sound Club, Vancouver BC, November 9

  PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2013

  At a glance, Michael Hurley looked like a raggedy train conductor in a dusty blue denim work shirt and matching hat, with a bandana tied ar...

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  Prolyphic & Buddy Peace

  'Kraftwerking Man' (album stream)

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2013

  In April, Sage Francis's indie hip-hop label Strange Famous released Working Man, the debut collaborative full-length between UK beatsmith...