Articles by Roman Sokal
Woodchoppers Association
Phantomopthera
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Spearheaded by the Dinner Is Ruined's Dave Clark (drums) and Lewis Melville (guitar and bass), the Woodchopper's Association are a symphoni...
Chris Brokaw
Red Cities
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
A former member of seminal bands such as the powdery Codeine, Pullman, Come and the New Year, Chris Brokaw travels further west of the mid-...
Golden Hotel
The Silver Wilderness
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Although they are genetically brothers, Michael Cayce and Sidney Alexis Lindner also exist as alter ego to each other in a musical sense as...
Les Georges Leningrad
Deux Hotdogs Moutarde Chou
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Never mind saving rock and roll, how about saving punk rock? And finally, besides fellow Montrealers One 976, the solution is found via the...
Dale Morningstar
I Grew Up On Sodom Road
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Dale Morningstar is a musical institution within himself, for himself and for Canada. And he can create wonderful music that sounds as if i...
Original Sinners
Original Sinners
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Even though it has that "safe" L.A. beach-punk sound, the Original Sinners' seasoned members have seen enough to add some interesting Holly...
Sometimes Why
To: All Loose Ends
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Hailing from southern Ontario, Sometimes Why is a subliminally avant-garde rock/pop band destined to explode. And their second release, To:...
Synergy
Reconstructed Artifacts
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
"'Synergy,' the actual term, means some kind of process or reaction where the sum is greater than the whole of the parts put into it. I not...