Exclaim! shot the shit with Architects' vocalist Sam Carter over the phone while the band were messing around in a subterranean dressing room somewhere in Newcastle, England. Carter, as jovial as ever, was glowing about the crowds that have been showing up to their first headlining UK tour in sometime. He also had touched on the band’s quasi obsession with reading their press, how they aren’t just a haircut band and why a prank between him and Oliver Sykes resulted in death threats. Oh, we also managed to talk about Hollow Crown at some point too.... Read More

Crowned "Independent Music Distributor of the Year" at Canadian Music Week in 2008, Fontana North has grown from an offshoot pressing and distribution bridge between indie and major label interests, to a pivotal player in the music biz. Emerging from the U.S.-based Fontana Distribution (the independent arm of entertainment conglomerate Universal Music & Video) in 2006, Fontana North is affiliated with MapleCore Ltd. and Universal Music Canada.... Read More

Amiable and talented though he was, Rich Hope couldn’t fool Vancouverites hoping for Carl Barât. Barât, the scheduled opener, had been detained at the border (reasons “unforeseen,” according to a posted sign), and so the local blues/rockabilly troubadour filled in for the former Libertine and Dirty ... Full Review

It's taken 14 years for London, ON natives the Matadors to fine-tune their horrorbilly attack. However, while some might argue their potential to claim the throne as Canada's Reverend Horton Heat-ish boogie kings — strongly influenced by punk, mind you — fourth full-length effort Sweet RevengeFull Review