Articles by Sam Sutherland

Orphan Choir

Orphan Choir

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2009

With the tightly wound first notes of "New Rituals," this self-titled debut from these Windsor scene fixtures makes a powerful, understated...

Whiskey Trench

Television

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2009

Do you love Crimpshrine? Do you wish Jeff Ott lived in Montreal and still made awesome pop punk? Today, you win. Mixing Bay Area punk rock...

Various

Shredded Wheat Vol. One

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2009

Apparently, the prairies are a heavy, heavy place. A compilation of Western Canadian hardcore from Regina-based Harvest King Records, thing...

The Spits

IV

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2009

It's reasonable to assume that the Spits may have discovered time travel. There's no other way three guys from Seattle, today, could have m...

Barn Burner

Bangers

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2009

Holy shit. Rock'n'roll is awesome, right? Montreal's Barn Burner know this and Bangers is the proof. Like Torche, minus the drone, plus Bla...

Garageland: Youth Brigade

PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2009

We shuttle Shawn Stern from Youth Brigade from a screening of his band's new documentary to their show, asking brilliant questions on the w...

Talk Show Night At Juicebox Manor: The Thermals

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2009

Portland, Oregon garage-punk masters the Thermals perform two songs in the basement. Watch the full episode of Talk Show Night at Juicebo...

Talk Show Night At Juicebox Manor: Alexisonfire

PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2009

We talk about dead bodies with Exclaim! TV cover folks Alexisonfire. Then we play a dating game with co-host Justin Taylor's ex-girlfriend....