Articles by Alan Ranta

Brandt Brauer Frick

Miami

PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2013

Brandt Brauer Frick may sound like a badass law firm, but they are, in fact, a badass trio of Germans hell-bent on morphing the lush timbre...

Ellen Allien

PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2013

LISm was originally created by BPitch boss Ellen Allien as a collaborative dance piece, performed as "Drama per Musica" under the direction...

Ellen Allien

LISm

PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2013

The creative process for LISm brings to mind "Boléro" by Ravel, which was originally written as a commissioned ballet, but grew to take on...

Trust / ERAAS

Venue, Vancouver, BC, March 7

PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2013

Though they've been known to tour as a quartet, ERAAS' founding members Robert Toher and Austin Stawiarz represented the Brooklyn outfit al...

Toro y Moi / Sinkane

Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC, February 26

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2013

This may not be in your thesaurus yet, but Sinkane is another word for sick. Ahmed Gallab is the multi-instrumentalist behind the group, wh...

Indians

Electric Owl, Vancouver, BC, February 25

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2013

For all intents and purposes, Indians is Søren Løkke Juul of Copenhagen. It is his lo-fi bedroom pop baby, and it's a new baby. He has only...

Kishi Bashi

Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC, February 23

PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2013

The emotive whimsy was as thick as the smoke bellowing out from behind the wooden tree sculptures that framed the stage as Kaoru Ishibashi...

Matmos

Media Club, Vancouver, BC, February 21

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2013

One does not attend a Matmos concert expecting an abundance of normalcy. True to form, this set by Baltimore-based duo Drew Daniel and M.C....