Articles by Alan Ranta

Loden

"An Evening with Open Mike Eagle" (video)

PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2013

Recent times have been something else for Brussels producer Jolan Koks, who is set to release his new record as Loden, The Star Eyed Condit...

Blondes

Swisher

PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2013

Judging from the second full-length album by Sam Haar and Zach Steinman as Blondes, these guys are the type that take apart the washing mac...

Ikonika

Aerotropolis

PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2013

Starting around 2008, Sara Abdel-Hamid's Ikonika project came up in the wave of Hyperdub post-dubstep artists, utilizing elements of skweee...

Roel Funcken

Dreampty

PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2013

Roel Funcken is a visionary; his head is set in the clouds, yet his sound is honed in darkness. His latest Eat Concrete release, the Dreamp...

Duke Dumont

Fortune Sound, Vancouver BC, July 28

PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2013

It seems a bit of a stretch that British producer Adam Dyment would choose to call himself Duke Dumont. With that name, one would expect so...

Peter Murphy

Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver BC, July 20

PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2013

As one would expect, a rather severe crowd gathered to witness the so-called "Godfather of Goth" perform an entire set of Bauhaus classics...

Coho Lips

"Benin Shuffle" (video)

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2013

Belgian producer Arne Van Petegem, who is most famously known as Styrofoam, recently launched a new disco-oriented project with singer Chan...

We Hunt Buffalo Prep 'Blood From a Stone' EP, Premiere New Song

PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2013

Vancouver is noted for its wealth of heavy music, and We Hunt Buffalo are one of the heaviest of the bunch. Right at home on a mixtape next...