Articles by Sam Sutherland

The Fullblast

Opera House, Toronto ON July 30

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2008

Alright, so some other bands played, and they were actually all amazing. But that's not the point. This night represented the kind of insan...

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Have Another Ball!

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2008

All the unreleased tracks from the Gimmes’ 1997 debut (Have a Ball!) are offered up on this 12-song collection, which sounds like it could...

Off With Their Heads

From the Bottom

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2008

It’s taken a while but Minneapolis, MN’s Off With Their Heads have finally given the world a proper full-length release and, thankfully, it...

Statues

Terminal Boredom

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2008

We’ve already expounded the virtues of these Sudbury natives (and at least one of the seven-inches that this CD release pulls together), bu...

Various

Hours and Hours: A Tribute to Seaweed

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2008

Tribute albums can be complicated beasts. Too often, they’re just obvious — emo bands like Weezer? Metal bands are into Guns N’ Roses? You...

The Two Thousand Voices Tour: Part II

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2008

We met up with Strike Anywhere, the Flatliners, and Carpenter in Timmins. Then we drove to Banff. There were some shows. We made a video. T...

Real McKenzies

Off the Leash

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2008

Kind of like a kilted, bagpiped, Canadian version of Rodney Dangerfield, the Real McKenzies can’t seem to get any respect. They’ve been bus...

Reggie and the Full Effect

Last Stop: Crappy Town

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2008

In the late ’90s, the Get Up Kids keyboardist James Dewees started Reggie and the Full Effect to unleash some awesomely catchy, weird and r...