Articles by Kaitlin Fontana
Broken Bells
Meyrin Fields
PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2011
The cutting room floor is a strange place ― there's a reason songs don't end up on a record. They may just be ill suited to the task...
Metric
The Media Club, Vancouver BC April 23
PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2009
"Are we here together?" Emily Haines asked a gathered hoard of radio contest winners, super fans and industry types (inescapable, those) hu...
Say Hi
Oohs and Aahs
PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2009
This is Seattle-based Say Hi's sixth record, and first for indie label Barsuk, and like the band's previous releases (some under the monike...
The Pack A.D.
The Railway Club, Vancouver BC February 15
PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009
A benefit show is often a strange mix of clashing fan bases and cause-chasers. The second Rock For Insite benefit was no exception (Insite,...
Broken Social Scene / Tegan and Sara
Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver BC February 6
PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2009
It speaks to Tegan and Sara's appeal that, while their live show has remained more or less unchanged the past few albums, the twins are sti...
Glasvegas / Rich Hope
Richard's On Richards, Vancouver BC January 11
PUBLISHED Jan 12, 2009
Amiable and talented though he was, Rich Hope couldn't fool Vancouverites hoping for Carl Barât. Barât, the scheduled opener, h...
AMS Block Party
McInnes Field, Vancouver BC April 11
PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2008
The University of BC used to put on one of Canada's largest student-run events in the year-end charity concert Arts County Fair. Held on th...
Destroyer / Pink Mountaintops / Riff Randells / Vote Robot / Dustin Cole
Richards On Richards, Vancouver BC November 10
PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2007
Twenty years in business spells success, no matter who you are. Since 1987, Scratch Records has made it their modest goal to get vinyl to d...