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Alex Hudson
Alex Hudson graduated from UBC with an Honours English degree in 2007 and then did his Bachelor of Education. He opted not to pursue teaching, and has been working as a full-time music journalist since 2009.
Alex runs the blog Chipped Hip, writes news for Exclaim.ca, is an editor at BeatRoute, and contributes to The Tyee, The Georgia Straight, Color Magazine, and more. His interests include Harry Potter, British period pieces, minor league baseball games, dream pop, disaster movies, hiking, giving exact change, vinyl, and Kate Bush music videos. Street magicians make him uncomfortable.
Reporting Beat: Music
Twitter: @chippedhip
Website: Chipped Hip
Stories by Alex Hudson
Frankie Rose Makes Life Tougher for Journalists
With Interstellar, 'lo-fi fuzz pop' just doesn't cut it anymore.
Cloud Nothings' Alt-Rock Wet Dream
The sad-sack grunge revival continues apace.
Pop-Punk Revisionism, Anyone?
Or, how history was re-written by Vancouver band Wars.
Queen of the Coffee Shop
Feist's 'Metals' goes down well with that Iced Peppermint White Mocha.
Kathryn Calder Takes the Spotlight
The local singer-songwriter is nobody's second fiddle on Bright and Vivid.
The Pack a.d. Go Motor City, BC
It's back to the garage on the Mint stars' latest.
From the Sea to the Stars
Teen Daze blasts off on new EP, 'A Silent Planet.'
Plugging the Leak
Beirut finds the middle ground between oddball and everyman.
The Leader of the Pack
Wolf Parade splinter group Handsome Furs delivers an electro-rock manifesto with Sound Kapital.
The Flugelhorns of Genius
In praise of Brasstronaut's full spectrum brilliance.
Five Cheers for Canadians Baseball
Now they feed the Blue Jays. And four more reasons to root for Vancouver's club.
Matthew Good's Blank Slate
The singer-songwriter dropped a lot of baggage to make new album.
The Raw and the Punchy
Louise Burns bids goodbye to the mainstream.
Good Music and Kitsilano. Compatible?
Sun Wizard makes a pretty strong case with 'Positively 4th Avenue.'
Destroying the Dance Floor
With slinky new album 'Kaputt,' Dan Bejar confounds all expectations again.
Gothic Post Punk Meets Hitchcock's Bomb Theory
Vancouver's Shi Yi builds suspense the old fashioned way.
Dancing With Tears in My Eyes
Vancouver synth duo Fine Mist mingles beats with broken hearts.
Singles -- 45's and Over
Squeeze revisits the hits on 'Spot the Difference.'
Get Wasted!
There are three official nights left of the only local music fest that matters. Here are our picks.
Mother Mother Brings the Strange
Freak folk, hillbilly country, goofy hip-hop? These Quadra Island natives mash it all up, and then some.
Oh, Mr. Soft
These days, it's more love and less justice for Billy Bragg.
They Were Nerds Before You Were a Nerd
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart get their references in order
Streamlining the Madness
The Dodos get hinged on their third album.
Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Drum Kit
Jack White takes a backseat in the Dead Weather
Hollerado's Record In a Bag
Free stuff should always be this good!
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- Abbott blames teachers' union, hints at legislation
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- Prime Minister Harper mixes oil with human rights on visit to China
- Civil jury finds former BC premier Vander Zalm guilty of defamation
- Vancouver theatre runs down curtain on section of BC's outdated liquor laws
- BC Premier Clark to replace throne speech with radio appearance
- 'The Kids Are All Right'
- 'Leave Your Shoes On'
- Glaciers, BC Hydro's Melting 'Batteries'
- Frankie Rose Makes Life Tougher for Journalists
- Too Much Energy Used to Mine, Move Bitumen Says BC Firm
- Becoming the Ethical Hunter
- Shadow Workers of the World, Revolt!
- Could SOPA Pervade Canadian Copyright Law?
- Three Ryan Gosling Pickup Techniques that Don't Work in Real Life
- Would You Buy a Used Car from These Libs?
- Shadow Workers of the World, Revolt!
- Economist Calls Gateway Pipeline an Inflationary 'Threat'
- Bill Rees' Last Lecture
- Too Much Energy Used to Mine, Move Bitumen Says BC Firm
- Is Canada Ignoring Signs of a Coming Economic Collapse?
- Harper in China
- How First Nations Are Gearing Up for Legal Battle Against Gateway
- Eleven Oily Questions for Every MP
- Remembering Lloyd Dykk's Wit, Generosity and Superb Prose
- BC Child Care Advocates in Geneva to Complain to UN
- BC, You Love You
- Shadow Workers of the World, Revolt!
- Who Pays Huge Power Bills for Clark's Gas Plants?
- Make It the Canadian Webcasting Corporation
- Harper in China
- When the Prize Is a Chance to Toil on BC's Farms
- Three Ryan Gosling Pickup Techniques that Don't Work in Real Life
- Would You Buy a Used Car from These Libs?
- Time to Zip John Baird's Loose Lips
- Foreign Trade Zones Eyed for Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Prince George
- Board, BC mayors make the case for Vancouver transit audit
- Tensions flare over Vancouver-owned mine in Oaxaca
- Osoyoos Times editor apologizes for comments on RCMP
- BC premier delivers talk show 'throne speech'
- NDP leadership: Thomas Mulcair ahead on first ballot, internal poll suggests
- Sky is the limit for use of mini, unmanned planes
- Prime Minister by day, oil exec by night
- Animal-made 'art' challenges human monopoly on creativity
