Articles by Sam Sutherland

Retox

Ugly Animals

PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2011

Best known recently for their costumed, synth-led blast beats in the Locust, Justin Pearson and Gabe Serbian have delivered another hard-hi...

Bomb the Music Industry!

Apocalypse Party

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2011

"I tend to write about the worst parts of myself, which can attract some really awful people." Jeff Rosenstock is the brain trust behind Bo...

White Wives

Happeners

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2011

If you're part of the disappointed legions still waiting for a second Desaparecidos record, White Wives have arrived to fill the gaping hol...

Fucked Up

David Comes To Life

PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2011

When Fucked Up released Hidden World in 2006, it was the first sign that the band were poised to explode out of the hardcore trenches. It r...

Touché Amoré

Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me

PUBLISHED May 29, 2011

If you've been exposed to Touché Amoré's caustic post-hardcore in the past, this record will offer more of what you already love about the...

Fucked Up

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED May 29, 2011

Damian Abraham is many things to many people. He is the vocalist for Polaris Prize-winning hardcore art weirdos Fucked Up, the host of a re...

Garageland: The Wonder Years

PUBLISHED May 18, 2011

Philly pop-punks the Wonder Years try to wrap their heads around an explosive year that saw them move from the verge of a career-ending bre...

Garageland: Dropkick Murphys

PUBLISHED May 16, 2011

Dropkick Murphys vocalist Al Barr explains the band's longstanding relationship with labour unions, and tells us about his fear of death at...