Articles by Alex Hudson

Plants and Animals Spinoff Unessential Oils Shares Debut Single "Distrust the Magician"

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2024

Warren Spicer, singer-guitarist of Montreal's Plants and Animals, has launched a solo project with a new single. Unessential Oils' debut...

Erika de Casier's "ice" Is Red-Hot

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PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2024

Erika de Casier wrote one of last year's best pop hits, NewJeans' "Super Shy," and she brings some of that same timid swagger to "ice"...

Jon McKiel Casts a 'Hex' on New Album

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2024

A few years on from the early-pandemic brilliance of 2020’s Bobby Joe Hope, East Coast songwriter Jon McKiel has announced a new album...

Iron & Wine Announces New Album 'Light Verse,' Books North American Tour

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2024

Hushed songwriter dude Sam Beam has announced his latest album as Iron & Wine. 'Light Verse' is out April 26 through Sub Pop, and the...

Waxahatchee's 10 Greatest Pre-'Saint Cloud' Songs

PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2024

In celebration of our latest cover star, we waxed poetic about our favourite songs from Waxahatchee's early days ...

Toby Keith Dead at 62

PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2024

Country singer Toby Keith has died. He was 62.He died Monday (February 5) due to stomach cancer, which he was diagnosed with in 2022...

Ducks Ltd. Take Flight with Jangle Pop Perfection: "It's Grand, but Kind of Sad"

PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2024

A couple hours north of Toronto, within the city limits of Owen Sound, is a grand but dilapidated mansion called Morland Place. It's got a...

Tool's Maynard James Keenan to Release Album with Unbelievably Ugly Cover

PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2024

Fans of Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan are about to be faced with a dilemma. On the one hand, the musician is about to release a live...