Articles by Sam Sutherland

Cursive

Mama, I'm Swollen

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2009

After the career high-water mark that was 2006's Happy Hollow, the band's latest full-length sounds like a collection of half-finished idea...

Brody Dalle: Spinnerette / The Distillers

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2009

Brody Dalle started her life as a teenage punk in Melbourne, Australia. She played in a band called Sourpuss, did pretty well for herself,...

Garageland: Monsters of Schlock

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2009

This was the best day. Ever. First of all, the offices of Rue Morgue Magazine, affectionately (and officially) known at the Rue Morgue Hous...

Garageland: Concert for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - with Fox Jaws

PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2009

There's nothing we can say here to contextualize this beyond what's in the video, mostly because we're just not smart enough. But this is s...

Garageland: Passenger Action

PUBLISHED Mar 7, 2009

Choke were a band that ruled. Fullblast were a band. Also ruled. Foredirelifesake ruled. When all those bands broke up, a bunch of the dude...

Pontypool

Bruce McDonald

PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2009

Bruce McDonald is probably the coolest dude making movies in this fine country. His work always reflects some subtle version of our nationa...

Garageland: Malajube

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2009

Despite the non-rock 'n' roll hour of this interview, one-half of Montreal's Malajube were an interesting pair of dudes to chat with at 9am...

Garageland: The Planet Smashers

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2009

Despite the fact that I own only two physical copies of Planet Smashers records, a combination of mix tapes from high school and the fact t...