Articles by Alex Hudson

The Gruesomes Finally Return to Toronto

PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2024

The Gruesomes are back! The veteran garage band haven't played in Toronto in over two decades, but the Montrealers are still active...

David Fleming's 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' Score Is Beautifully Ambiguous

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PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2024

Viewers are understandably cynical about remakes and reboots these days, but Prime Video's 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' series is better ...

Modest Mouse Unveil Expanded Reissue of 'Good News for People Who Love Bad News'

PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2024

Good news for people who love 'Good News for People Who Love Bad News': Modest Mouse are reissuing their 2004 album in expanded form...

Joni Mitchell Returns Her Music to Spotify

PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2024

Two years ago, Joni Mitchell left Spotify in solidarity with Neil Young's protest against Joe Rogan. Now that Young has returned to Spotify...

Paper Beat Scissors Says Farewell to Canada with Spring Tour

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2024

Montreal-based songwriter Paper Beat Scissors has been based in Canada for 20 years, but now he's relocating to Berlin, and he will say...

Olivia Rodrigo Announces Toronto Pop-Up Shop

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2024

Olivia Rodrigo is coming to Toronto, and she has announced a 'GUTS' Gallery Pop-Up Experience on Queen Street West. The pop-up shop will...

Paul McCartney Likes It When You Misinterpret His Lyrics

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2024

The Beatles filled their songs with Easter eggs, from drug allusions to sexual innuendos to "the walrus was Paul." But if you didn't quite...

Four Tet Leans Into His Strengths on the Masterful 'Three'

PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2024

Kieran Hebden has such impeccable taste that anything he touches becomes cool by association...