Weird Nightmare's Alex Edkins talks new album Hoopla, METZ, Mulaney, more

Weird Nightmare's Alex Edkins talks new album Hoopla, METZ, Mulaney, more

Author: brooklynvegan May 4, 2026 Duration: 46:35
This week, we're talking with Alex Edkins who you might know as the singer and guitarist for late great Toronto noise rock trio METZ and who now makes insanely catchy and still noisy powerpop as Weird Nightmare. His new album is titled Hoopla and is out via Sub Pop.   Alex and I discuss how Weird Nightmare came to be, and how the first Weird Nightmare album influence the final METZ album. Other conversation topics include: METZ reforming not long after calling it quits to play John Mulaney's Netflix talk show, Alex's youth behind the counter as a record store clerk,   moving from Toronto back to his hometown of Ottawa, working with Spoon's Jim Eno on HOOPLA, records Alex thinks everyone should own, and more.

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