Articles by Alan Ranta

BESTiE

Electric Owl, Vancouver BC, June 6

PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2013

Proclaimed by singer Tristan Orchard to be a piña colada band, tropical pop outfit BESTiE seemed tentative when their set began. They suffe...

Dave Tipper Releases New EP to Help Pay for Open Heart Surgery

PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2013

Summer is a busy time for most live-performing electronic musicians, but British turntablist sound-designer Dave Tipper will not be hitting...

Junip

Rio Theatre, Vancouver BC, June 4

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2013

Sweden's favourite gloomy electro-folk outfit Junip centers on the work of drummer Elias Araya, Tobias Winterkorn (who, notably, plays a Ph...

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

Gorge Amphitheatre, George WA, May 26

PUBLISHED May 30, 2013

Packing out the main stage fuller than Elvis Costello who followed them, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros created a magic, old-timey re...

Hundred Waters

Gorge Amphitheatre, George WA, May 26

PUBLISHED May 30, 2013

There is something quietly epic about Hundred Waters. Lead singer/keyboardist Nicole Miglis has a Bjork-ish lilt to her vocals, perfectly f...

Suuns

Gorge Amphitheatre, George WA, May 25

PUBLISHED May 30, 2013

Suuns managed to fit most of their sophomore album, Images Du Futur, into their 45-minute set, gradually filling out the Yeti stage as thei...

Father John Misty

Gorge Amphitheatre, George WA, May 24

PUBLISHED May 29, 2013

Joshua Tillman (who basically is Father John Misty) seemed like quite a character. He had a peculiar style of banter that made making him i...

Jherek Bischoff

Gorge Amphitheatre, George WA, May 24

PUBLISHED May 29, 2013

Despite wicked feedback buzzing that the perpetually overwhelmed sound guy at the Yeti stage never figured out, the string-laden nine-piece...