Articles by Sam Sutherland

Alexisonfire

Drunks, Lovers, Singers and Saints

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2009

"If you shoot ten music videos, someone's liable to die." George Pettit, the harsh-voiced counterpoint in Alexisonfire's three-vocalist a...

Pretty Pictures From <b>Gallows</b>

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2009

Steph Carter is having serious chest problems. "I've been told that for the next week that I'm not supposed to play guitar or leave my hous...

Garageland: Wax Mannequin

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2009

Wax Mannequin is one of the most underrated songwriters Canada has ever produced. He's got a new album coming out and it's probably going t...

Alexisonfire

"Old Crows"

PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2009

"Old Crows" is the anthemic opening track on Old Crows / Young Cardinals, the fourth full-length from Canada's unlikely post-hardcore kings...

Garageland: The Thermals

PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2009

The drummer from the Thermals is the happiest person I've ever met. The man has a permanent grin glued to his face and he spent the whole d...

North Lincoln

Midwestern Blood

PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2009

Whatever genius started calling bands like this "Midwestern beer-belly despair rock" deserves a medal for being so disturbingly accurate. H...

Mike Hale

Lives Like Mine

PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2009

This is the much, much softer side of former Gunmoll front-man Mike Hale, and while Hale's voice is a common thread, that's about the only...

Everyone Everywhere

A Lot Of Weird People Standing Around

PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2009

For anyone raised on records like Four Minute Mile and We Are The Only Friends We Have, listening to Everyone Everywhere is like running in...