Articles by Sam Sutherland

Live At CBGB 1982

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007

A gritty look at one of hardcore’s most important bands at their most intense, Live At CBGB 1982 is an hour of absolute mayhem. Culled from...

The Riot

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007

After a half-hour of boring camcorder footage of Bad Religion looking as stoic on stage as always, this low-budget release gets awesome whe...

The Illusionist

Neil Burger

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

When stacked up besides the vastly superior other magic movie of last fall, The Prestige, Neil Burger’s The Illusionist emerges as a ploddi...

Bad Astronaut

Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

Launched in early 2000 as the pop-focused side project of Lagwagon front-man Joey Cape, Bad Astronaut has consistently proven that Cape’s m...

Brand New

The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

Brand New are caught in an interesting dichotomy. The band’s first full-length release, Your Favorite Weapon, was a simple and enjoyable po...

Various

The Fest 3

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

Probably the most exciting and vital punk rock music festival taking place today, this collection of 60 bands’ performances from the 2004 i...

An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder

J.M. Kenny

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

Following up the incredibly successful and funny An Evening with Kevin Smith comes this slightly different take, the sequel Evening Harder....

The Discord of a Forgotten Sketch On the Cheap

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

"First of all, we didn’t have any money for recording. So it was a little bit difficult to find a studio. We have zero dollars,” explains J...