Articles by Sam Sutherland

Teenanger

Teenanger

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2008

Right now this release is only available as a limited run of tapes (oh, sweet Generation Y nostalgia), but hopefully it won’t take long for...

The Playing Favourites

I Remember When I Was Pretty

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2008

Isn’t Joey Cape in enough bands? Apparently he doesn’t think so. Enter the Playing Favorites, the pop punk side-project king’s latest addit...

Able Baker Fox Hear Voices

PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2008

"I honestly feel like this is more of a return to the kind of music that our bands got known for in the first place,” says Ben Reed, bassis...

Nada Surf: A Real Interview

PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2008

Guitarist and vocalist Matthew Caws talks about his band's presence on just about every tween drama in the world, as well as his feelings o...

Anti-Flag

A Benefit For Victims of Violent Crime

PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2007

It would seem really crass to offer criticisms of a benefit record and thankfully, Anti-Flag have created a great little release in the nam...

Armor For Sleep

Smile For Them

PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2007

There was a time when Armor For Sleep were a pretty cool band. Sure, Punk Planet probably never dug them but while all their emo peers were...

Nirvana

Unplugged in New York

PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2007

That it has taken this long for one of Nirvana’s most infamous live performances to find its way to DVD is a surprise, but the quality here...

Wasted Orient

Kevin Fritz

PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2007

Trying hard to create a Chinese version of The Decline of Western Civilization, American director Kevin Fritz has instead made a Chinese ve...