Articles by Sam Sutherland

The Sidekicks

Awkward Breeds

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2012

The Sidekicks have always been one of those aberrantly bright rays of creative light in an often-stale punk subgenre lovingly referred to a...

Bloodied but Unbowed

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2011

For fans of bands like D.O.A, the Subhumans and the Pointed Sticks, it will come as no surprise that Bloodied but Unbowed, a long-overdue d...

Punk 2011: A Fucked Up Year

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2011

In November of 2010, Fucked Up detailed their forthcoming full-length album to Exclaim!, a "completely relatable rock opera rife with meta-...

Depeche Mode

"Personal Jesus" (SUBshockers remix)

PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2011

With their remix of Waka Flocka Flame's "No Hands" recently in rotation on Power 106 in Los Angeles, Hawthorne, CA-based duo SUBshockers re...

Mona

"Listen to Your Love" (Josh Abrams remix)

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2011

Produced as a requirement of entry for the inaugural Las Vegas Spin-Off, Josh Abrams's progressive house take on an otherwise middling indi...

Nick 4 Now

"September Mix"

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2011

It doesn't take much time in Las Vegas before you realize that no one you meet is actually from Las Vegas. Nick Gianopoulos (aka Nick 4 Now...

Bridge and Tunnel

Rebuilding Year

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2011

It's been three years since Bridge and Tunnel released their debut full-length, East/West. A technically minded interpretation of the No Id...

Retox

PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2011

The latest sonically punishing musical experiment from San Diego noise wunderkind Justin Pearson (Swing Kids, Head Wound City, the Locust),...