I wrote about the great new Dry Cleaning album and the 10th anniversaries of BLACKSTAR and David Bowie's passing, among other subjects. tinyurl.com/23ebnxtv

I wrote about the great new Dry Cleaning album and the 10th anniversaries of BLACKSTAR and David Bowie's passing, among other subjects. tinyurl.com/23ebnxtv

Just launched the first installment of Catalog Club. It's like a book club but with albums. Every month, I'll pick an artist and over 4 weeks talk about 4 of their albums. This month's artist is Lucinda Williams. Check out the first episode, it's free! tinyurl.com/ac4msrzm

Dear @stevenhyden.bsky.social, This is a great book. Thank you for writing it. JB

This format is such a good idea and I know shamefully little about Lucinda's catalog, so I'm quite excited to play along.

Steve is one of the best critics out there. Give this a listen and pay to subscribe if you can. Media is a burning hellscape and voting with our dollars is one of the only ways to save it.

Just launched the first installment of Catalog Club. It's like a book club but with albums. Every month, I'll pick an artist and over 4 weeks talk about 4 of their albums. This month's artist is Lucinda Williams. Check out the first episode, it's free! tinyurl.com/ac4msrzm

I wrote about my most anticipated albums of 2026. Some of these albums have been announced, some haven’t been announced but I know they exist, and some haven’t been announced and might not exist but it’s plausible they might exist. tinyurl.com/2zadhbwr

Happy to subscribe to Steven's Substack. Have a couple of 1-month gift subscriptions if anybody would like - one of my fave music critics around

I wrote about my most anticipated albums of 2026. Some of these albums have been announced, some haven’t been announced but I know they exist, and some haven’t been announced and might not exist but it’s plausible they might exist. tinyurl.com/2zadhbwr

Happy to announce a new project for 2026: Catalog Club. It's like a book club but with albums. Every month, I'll pick an artist and over 4 weeks talk about 4 of their albums. It starts Jan 6. Read here to learn more and find out the artists for Jan and Feb tinyurl.com/3ks5c3jh

Thus a cool idea and although I have too many subscriptions, as a Gen-X lover of an alt country cigarette voice, @stevenhyden.bsky.social had me at Lucinda. You bastard. Also this book rocks and is a nice double Boss reading feature with Zanes Nebraska tome… www.ocregister.com/2024/07/02/4...

Happy to announce a new project for 2026: Catalog Club. It's like a book club but with albums. Every month, I'll pick an artist and over 4 weeks talk about 4 of their albums. It starts Jan 6. Read here to learn more and find out the artists for Jan and Feb tinyurl.com/3ks5c3jh

Me after yet another soul-destroying game by my favorite team.

Malik "Bruce" Willis, he Dies Hard! But can he help the Packers avoid Armageddon? If so, he won't be "Moonlighting" as a backup QB much longer! He will be "Hudson Hawking" a big contract as a starter! And that, my friend, is not "Pulp Fiction"!

Might toss on the festive Christmas movie classic CAROL by Todd Haynes after the kids go to bed.

As an avowed fan of Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, one-legged lawyers and snowy movies, I can't believe I didn't see NOBODY'S FOOL before today.

Please @stevenhyden.bsky.social and Ian Cohen keep doing the wonderful Indiecast podcast. I will be your first paid subscribe!

Great sounding tape of the 12/20/25 War On Drugs gig at Johnny Brendas in Philly, w/ Kurt Vile and Joe Walsh. Sounds like the second song is new. (It's great.) archive.org/details/twod...

For the newsletter, I looked back on my writing about Counting Crows over the years, from the column I wrote at age 16 for my local paper to the essay I did for @theringer.com.web.brid.gy last week. (Free post!) tinyurl.com/2hy9dx4t

For the newsletter, I looked back on my writing about Counting Crows over the years, from the column I wrote at age 16 for my local paper to the essay I did for @theringer.com.web.brid.gy last week. (Free post!) tinyurl.com/2hy9dx4t

Me after yet another soul-destroying game by my favorite team.

WTF is this wording in the headline @thedailybeast.bsky.social?!

The War On Drugs plus Joe Walsh, I only wish they also played “Life’s Been Good.”

@stevenhyden.bsky.social Can I interest you in a new War on Drugs tune? www.reddit.com/r/WarOnDrugs...

Wow, this is incredible. Thanks to everyone who has pitched in so far. Cool things ahead, I promise!

My friends at the @theringer.com.web.brid.gy asked me to write some words about Counting Crows in honor of the new documentary they just produced, and I gave them way more words (I'm sure) than they expected. www.theringer.com/2025/12/19/m...

This is why I like logging in on my favorite app Bluesky.

PROFESSIONAL NEWS: This Friday (Dec. 19) will be the final episode of Indiecast for the foreseeable future. Uproxx has discontinued production of the podcast I’ve hosted w/ Ian Cohen for just over five years as part of an overall downsizing of my role with the company. (1/2)

PROFESSIONAL NEWS: This Friday (Dec. 19) will be the final episode of Indiecast for the foreseeable future. Uproxx has discontinued production of the podcast I’ve hosted w/ Ian Cohen for just over five years as part of an overall downsizing of my role with the company. (1/2)

A wonderful read on Dylan and the RAWR project from @stevenhyden.bsky.social with a side dose of observations from @raypadgett.bsky.social

Rob Reiner had an incredible run of movies I've seen at least 10 times.

Hey, my weekly newsletter is now live. Please consider subscribing for direct links to my writing/pods. Thanks! tinyurl.com/2uj8fe92

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got a real Lynchian chill from this

Hey, I wrote about my favorite albums of 2025! 26 albums on the main list, 65 more on various sublists, 81 in all! Really good year overall! To quote Russell Hammond: "I dig music." uproxx.com/indie/steven...

"Ray Padgett is the only person I know who cares about any of this more than I do." 😂 Seriously, great piece, a must-read

For @theringer.com.web.brid.gy I was pleased to be given a lot of (too much?) space to write about Bob Dylan's ongoing ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS tour, the strangest, most singular, and most predictable/unpredictable musical experience of the decade. www.theringer.com/2025/12/12/m...

Hey, I wrote about my favorite albums of 2025! 26 albums on the main list, 65 more on various sublists, 81 in all! Really good year overall! To quote Russell Hammond: "I dig music." uproxx.com/indie/steven...

I wrote about more music than ever this year at No Expectations, so I compiled what I think are the 100 Best Albums of 2025. If you don't recognize a lot of the names here, don't worry. That's the point. I hope you find something new to dig. www.noexpectations.fyi/p/the-100-be...

For the first time ever, a music critic (me) will rank albums released in 2025 in order of personal preference — just turned in my column and it's running tomorrow, look out for it!

It's been so long since I've seen the ocean

RIP Raul Malo of The Mavericks. Incredible singer. I had recently listening to 1994's WHAT A CRYING SHAME, one of my favorite 90s country records. Just listen to this guy's voice. Big time talent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KON...

Respectfully: This sounds like Cameron Winter's Candlebox

Possibly controversial Xmas movie take: CHRISTMAS VACATION, aside from a handful of jokes, is mostly trash and not funny. However, SCROOGED — from the same era and also starring a 70s SNL cast member — holds up as consistently funny year in and year out.

Big album for me lately.

0-1 since he did this.

A Vikings fan should just end the sentence after “you’re not winning a title.”

hyden on buckley is predictably great