Articles by Sam Sutherland

Passenger Action Get On With It

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2009

"It's what you're going through, and then you're like, 'Is this really a fucking song about this guy's other band being not together anymor...

Propagandhi

Supporting Caste

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2009

Holy shit. Propagandhi have never been a band to sit still. In 1993, they helped define the mid-'90s "Fat sound" with How To Clean Everythi...

METZ

Metz

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2009

The first seven-inch by Toronto, ON's Metz is a lot more psych than you might expect if you've caught them live. A constant sonic pummellin...

Thursday

Common Existence

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2009

Remember the Deftones? They weren't a nu-metal band but they were a little weird and a little heavy and put out records at the same time as...

Marked Men

Ghosts

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2009

Do you like the Buzzcocks? You probably do. And that means you'll probably find something to love about the Marked Men, four dudes from Tex...

Garageland: Old Man Luedecke

PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2009

These little descriptions tend to involve me talking about how sweet a dude the person being interviewed is. This isn't hot air, I think we...

Cripple Creek Fairies

Metal Arms

PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2009

These Calgarians play like Alice Cooper in their hearts but on record, things come out with too much of an earnest early punk rock edge to...

The Famines

2X7

PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2009

The Wolfnote's 2006 break-up sucked. Featuring the band's former drummer, Gareth Heath Kruger, and ex-Vertical Struts guitarist and vocalis...