HOW WAS THE AURAL KINETIC FOUNDED? One day I decided I was sick of what I was listening to and replaced all the music on my mp3 player with local bands to see if I’d get bored or not find enough variety. Of course, what I found was that Vancouver is jam packed with bands I now love to death. Vancouver, as it turns out, is where it’s at!

WHO WRITES FOR THE AURAL KINETIC? So far we’re a crew of three people (Ian Explosivo, Slam Bradley and Venus Toshiba), but we’re always looking for recruits.

HOW CAN I CONTRIBUTE AN ARTICLE TO THE SITE? Just send it in! Drop us an email at theauralkinetic [at] gmail [dot] com and we’ll work it out. Qualifications include honesty and basic literacy. That’s about it.

IF I CONTRIBUTE, WILL I GET CREDIT? Anyone who contributes to The Aural Kinetic will be given full credit and all submissions will remain the sole property of the contributor. If you want to change or remove anything submitted, just let us know and we’ll arrange it without question.

WHY LIMIT THE SITE TO VANCOUVER BANDS ONLY? Because there are a ton of them and for the most part they’re amazing. Plus, we wanted to give exposure to locals who might otherwise not get much press.

YOU’RE ALWAYS SO POSITIVE. AREN’T THERE ANY BANDS YOU DISLIKE? Sure! There are several bands we can’t stand! But that doesn’t mean we’re going to spend much time talking about how this band sucks or that band sucks. Running a website is time consuming and we’d rather spend our time talking about the bands we love. Which is most of them.

WILL YOU REVIEW MY/OUR ALBUM? Uh huh! We love new music! And if you take the time to send it, we’ll review it. Just remember that we always try to give the most honest review possible, so you might not always like what we have to say. On the upside, we’re extremely open minded and try to find the good in everything. Also, keep in mind that two people can listen to the same album, one could love it and the other could hate it and they’d both be right.

WILL YOU REVIEW MY/OUR BAND’S SHOW? Yup! We’ll certainly try to! Just let us know when it is and we’ll put it on our calendar. Also, if a spot on the guest-list can be arranged, that would be nice. Like most people, our writers don’t have very much money at the best of times and it fairly limits the shows we can attend.

I DON’T LIKE SOMETHING YOU WROTE. WILL YOU CHANGE/REMOVE IT? Nope. Well, it depends. If we’ve posted incorrect information, spelled something incorrectly, or had a change of heart, we’ll fix it. But otherwise probably not.

WHY ARE THERE NO ADS ON YOUR SITE? Because ads are for chumps and suckers and because we run this site out of love for the bands, not to make money from the people who are kind enough to visit us.

DO YOU ASK PERMISSION BEFORE POSTING BORROWED MEDIA? Yes, whenever possible we secure permission before posting audio, images and video. All concerns should be e-mailed to us right away and we’ll rectify the situation as quickly as we can.