Author Archives: Kate Reid

Concert Review – The Books at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Nov 26 2009

‘Diehard fans were chomping at the bit for new material and they got it straight away in the form of a disembodied floating head…’ read more

Concert Review – Grizzly Bear at the Vogue Theatre, Vancouver Oct 14 2009

‘Grizzly Bear may take a lot of flack for relying heavily on reverb, but when those mason jars lit like floating fireflies, those ghostly vocal echoes only added to the pantheistic atmosphere…’

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The Hold Steady at the Vogue Theatre

Kate Reid review, Jessica Bardosh photos. read more

Extract

The third Mike Judge movie doesn’t live up to Office Space or even Idiocracy. read more

Four fictional women I want to be (with)

Kate Reid on the four fictional movie and TV characters who inspire her. read more

Destroyer at the Biltmore Cabaret

Destroyer transitions from arena to club in their hometown, Vancouver. Kate Reid review. read more

Death Cab for Cutie at the Pacific Coliseum

With the New Pornographers in Vancouver July 17 2009. Kate Reid review, Melissa Skoda photo. read more

Woolworm at the Media Club

Two Vancouver bands play a jazz fest-sponsored Media Club show. read more

Doves at the Commodore Ballroom

The Britpop band provides great makeout music, writes Kate Reid. read more

The Virgins at the Biltmore Cabaret

May 15 2009. Kate Reid review. read more

Vivian Girls at the Biltmore Cabaret

Kate Reid reviews Vivian Girls’ April 29 2009 show in Vancouver. read more

Friendly Fires at Richard’s on Richards

Kate Reid reviews Friendly Fires at Richard’s on Richards, Vancouver April 8 2009. read more

Ariel Pink at the Media Club

Ariel Pink at the Media Club, Vancouver, March 21 2009. Kate Reid review, Liz Stanton photos. read more

Thunderheist at the Biltmore Cabaret

Thunderheist, riding high on their ‘Jerk It’ video. Review by Kate Reid. read more

Lily Allen, It’s Not Me, It’s You – review

‘… I feel her on the bed-hopping blame game…’ read more

Matt and Kim in Vancouver

Kate Reid review. read more

Taboo Naughty But Nice Sex Show 2009

Kate Reid reviews the traveling prosthetic, silicon and latex carnival that is the Taboo Naughty But Nice Sex Show. read more

Jon & Roy at Richard’s on Richards

Jon & Roy concert review by Kate Reid. read more

Glasvegas at Richard’s on Richards

In Vancouver, Jan 11 2009. Kate Reid review. read more

Best songs of 2008

Kate Reid’s favourite tracks of 2008 include songs by Chad VanGaalen, the Hold Steady and Fleet Foxes. read more

Who is Fan Death?

The collaboration between Marta Jaciubek-McKeever and Dandilion Wind Opine is hard to ignore, writes Kate Reid. read more

Metallica at GM Place

Metallica is a band of contradictions – cool enough to cover Ennio Morriconne, but not cool enough to treat fans with respect, writes Kate Reid in her review of the band’s GM Place concert read more