Articles by Alan Ranta

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  Tussle

  Tempest

  PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2012

  Change is good. The first three albums by Tussle established the San Francisco band as a mainstay in dance rock, with their post-punk and K...

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  Rudi Zygadlo

  Tragicomedies

  PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2012

  No longer shackled to the James Blake emo-dubstep fusion that fleshed out his 2010 debut, Great Western Laymen, Rudi Zygadlo incorporates a...

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  Fink

  Media Club, Vancouver, BC, October 9

  PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2012

  Fink delivered a slightly stripped-down set this evening, with founding member and principal songwriter Fin Greenall and drummer Tim Thornt...

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  Tycho

  Fortune Sound, Vancouver, BC, September 30

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2012

  Joined by a live rhythm section, himself surrounded by a Moog Prodigy and a few other assorted vintage-looking synths and doodads, Scott Ha...

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  Orbital

  560, Vancouver, BC, September 26

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2012

  As smoke machines blanketed the venue, the Worf-sampling "Time Becomes" started its Reich-ian phasing, and eventually Orbital (aka British...

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  Kimbra / The Stepkids

  Commodore, Vancouver, BC, September 25

  PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2012

  Seeing the Stepkids perform confirms the press release claim that the Connecticut band consists of three singer-songwriters. From the openi...

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  The Gaslamp Killer

  Breakthrough

  PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2012

  It took a number of years, but there finally exists a full-length album by the Gaslamp Killer. L.A. producer William Bensussen has been act...

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  Actress

  Centre for Digital Media, Vancouver, BC, September 14

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2012

  Known to his mother as Darren Cunningham, Actress is a young man, and his set tonight showed he still has a little growing up to do. Cunnin...