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Kate Reid

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

  The pop sound collage duo inspires its share of diehard fans, and they turned out in droves for the band’s first Vancouver show in a couple of years.

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

  The Brooklyn band stirs up a pantheistic atmosphere at the Vogue Theatre. ‘I loved this show so much,’ enthuses reviewer Kate Reid.

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  Review – The Hold Steady at the Vogue, Vancouver, Sept. 19 09

  The tickets said ‘reserved seating,’ but try telling that to the super-hyped fans of the Minneapolis band.

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  Review – Extract

  Mike Judge returns to the workplace with this sweet, but plot-tangled mess of a movie.

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  Four Fictional Women I Want To Be (With)

  Check out the four lucky ladies that made Kate Reid’s laminated list.

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  Review – Destroyer at the Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, July 17 2009

  Destroyer Dan goes from arena to intimate in a two-night run in his hometown. Chatty doodieheads don’t spoil the show, writes Kate Reid.

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  Review – The New Pornographers and Death Cab for Cutie at the Coliseum, July 17 2009

  The little band from Bellingham makes its third arena-size appearance in Vancouver, bringing out the high school memories for our rapidly aging correspondent Kate Reid.

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  Best Liz ‘n’ K8 Leave Town for the Weekend

  guttersnipe gave the gals the weekend off, so we’ll post Best Liz ‘n’ K8’s Best Video Advice #3 Monday. However, before heading out of town K8 penned this review…

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  Review – Doves at the Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver May 21 2009

  Before rushing off to Sasquatch, Kate Reid jotted down a few reasons why the Doves show at the Commodore May 21 was so good…

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  Review – The Virgins at the Biltmore, May 15 2009

  Kate Reid finds the Virgins to her liking, although it could just be the lack of an offensive interview video clip a la the Vivian Girls.

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  Review – Vivian Girls at the Biltmore, Vancouver April 29 2009

  Brooklyn’s Vivian Girls played Vancouver last night. Kate Reid doesn’t like their indie-punks-r-us attitude.

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  Review – Friendly Fires at Richard’s on Richards, Vancouver April 8 2009

  Though White Lies runs afoul of our reviewer, Friendly Fires’ Ed Macfarlane’s Portuguese-grandpa-dancing wins Kate Reid over in the end.

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  Review – Ariel Pink at the Media Club, Vancouver March 21, 2009

  The ‘thrift-store-styled scarecrow’, as Kate Reid calls him, raises the fashion bar for indie rock artists for the rest of the year.

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  Review – Thunderheist at the Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver Feb 28 2009

  ‘Thunderheist may have gained notoriety through a sexy, seizure-inducing video that hints at masturbation,’ reports Kate Reid, ‘but the real spectacle is their stage show.’

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

  Kate Reid on the second album from Brit bad girl and Amy Winehouse impersonator.

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  Review – Matt and Kim at the Biltmore, Vancouver, Jan 28 2009

  Are hitched hipsters Matt and Kim are making marriage cool? Writer Kate Reid argues yes.

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  Review - Taboo Naughty But Nice Sex Show

  Kate Reid reviews the traveling prosthetic carnival and trade show that is the Taboo Naughty But Nice Sex Show. guttersnipe got in trouble with the girlfriend for this one.

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  Review – Jon & Roy at Richard’s on Richards, Vancouver, Jan 16 2009

  Kate Reid reviews a sold-out Friday night show by Victoria band Jon & Roy, currently enjoying the fruits of having a song used for a car commercial. Wintermitts is more fun and less lamentable, sez Reid.

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  Review - Glasvegas at Richard’s on Richards, Vancouver, Jan 11 2009

  Scottish band Glasvegas rolled through Vancouver recently on tour in support of its much-ballyhooed debut. Writer Kate Reid pulls no punches.

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  Best of 2008 — Songs

  Kate Reid reviews her favourite tracks of the past year, including songs by Chad VanGaalen, the Hold Steady (she loves the Hold Steady!) and Sam Beam’s beard.

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  Fan Death

  Never one to mince words, Kate Reid says the collaboration between Marta Jaciubek-McKeever and Dandilion Wind Opine is hard to ignore: ‘Veronica’s Veil’, their first single, ’sounds like an Italians Do It Better 7-inch of Kung Fu Panda asspounding the girl from Fiery Furnaces.’

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  Review – Metallica at GM Place, Vancouver, Dec 2 2008

  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