Articles by Sam Sutherland

Emotal? Metmo?

MASH-UPS

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2007

The phrase "emo mashups” might sound like sick slang for cardigan-clad MySpace hook-ups, but with the Legion of Doom, Trevor Keith (Face to...

Brutal Knights

Feast of Shame

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2007

Time was when Brutal Knights were more of a funny band whose shenanigans made you giggle and whose music functioned as a soundtrack to thei...

Cain and Abel

Up North

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2007

Following the ambitious, independently released You Lost The Human Race, this Acton, ON-based quartet took on quite the ballsy follow-up wi...

Career Suicide

Attempted Suicide

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2007

Often cited alongside other hometown heroes done good Fucked Up as putting Toronto on the map for classic-sounding punk and hardcore, Caree...

Dance Electric

We Are Dance Electric

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2007

There are few bands whose names suit their sound quite as perfectly as Dance Electric. From this eight-song record’s opening cry of "We are...

The Locust Mellow Out

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2007

"Anyone can scream. It seems really immature,” says Justin Pearson. "We’ve screamed as loud as we can and as hard as we can, and there’s re...

Highway 61

Bruce McDonald

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2007

The second film in McDonald’s road trilogy, Highway 61, which was originally released in 1991, is more refined than Roadkill, produced two...

Basia Bulat

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

Twee in a way that is somehow not excruciating, this Etobicoke, ON native drew an impressive Montreal crowd for her late night set. Mixing...