"I sometimes miss covering a local community, which I haven't done since I left." Next Thursday at Boswell Book Company! @stevenhyden.bsky.social

Hey, last month I was in LA to interview Josh Homme for Indiecast. Here’s the first 10 minutes, you can hear the whole thing now on Amazon Music. For everybody else: More audio/video to come!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWCv...

I wrote about the new Cameron Winter live album, which manages to both normalize his music a bit and mythologize his stature without seeming precious or pretentious. (Reviewed four other records as well!)
tinyurl.com/487x29cz

The latest Taylor Swift repackage is the worst reviewed album (statistically speaking) of 2026. I used that as a starting point to write about the Covid lockdown era of music (which supercharged TS' career) and how that strange time looks and feels now.
tinyurl.com/4xe46nuh

The latest Taylor Swift repackage is the worst reviewed album (statistically speaking) of 2026. I used that as a starting point to write about the Covid lockdown era of music (which supercharged TS' career) and how that strange time looks and feels now.
tinyurl.com/4xe46nuh

Hey, next week I'm going on tour! Come see me in Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison. The Upper Heartland Tour!

I'll be with @joshterry.bsky.socialin Chicago and @bymattwild.bsky.social in Milwaukee. Come thru!

I got to know Kirstin Robinson's work when she broke the Chaotic Good story earlier this year. Reached out & had a great talk aboutcovering music's "axis of evil" like AI, digital marketing, streaming, etc. (Chaotic Good is bigger than ever apparently.)
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I wrote about the new RUBBER SOUL box set and the fussy comparisons of various mixes (Giles Martin, 2009, 1988, etc.) and also tried to figure out where RUBBER SOUL lands in my personal Beatles albums ranking (and why ranking Beatles albums is fun).
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I wrote about the new RUBBER SOUL box set and the fussy comparisons of various mixes (Giles Martin, 2009, 1988, etc.) and also tried to figure out where RUBBER SOUL lands in my personal Beatles albums ranking (and why ranking Beatles albums is fun).
tinyurl.com/83tzu6wz

October is John Prine month at Evil Speakers. In honor of what would’ve been his 80th birthday on 10/10, I’ll be discussing a JP album each Monday, starting w. 1971’s self-titled, loaded with classics like “Sam Stone,” one of the saddest/best songs ever.
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The spouse hooked me up with the new @stevenhyden.bsky.social joint.

October is John Prine month at Evil Speakers. In honor of what would’ve been his 80th birthday on 10/10, I’ll be discussing a JP album each Monday, starting w. 1971’s self-titled, loaded with classics like “Sam Stone,” one of the saddest/best songs ever.
tinyurl.com/bs6d927k

My Recommendation Corner pick this week is Wishy's NATURE PILL. One of the catchiest pure-pop guitar rock records I've heard in a minute. Blast it all weekend!
tinyurl.com/5bf2yyt4

Hey, the Wall Street Journal reviewed my book! “A deft and entertaining consideration of recent rock history and the cultural forces that have shaped it.”

www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Hey, I put together a playlist of favorite songs from September 2026!
tinyurl.com/5df3hnnz

Hey, the Wall Street Journal reviewed my book! “A deft and entertaining consideration of recent rock history and the cultural forces that have shaped it.”

www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

In my big weekly column I wrote about musical “wilderness” periods, i.e. those eras when you’re not considered as cool or genius or popular as you used to be. Which happens to be the parts of the career arc I find most fascinating!
tinyurl.com/5bf2yyt4

I wrote about the album out this week by Greg Freeman, who has made one of the year's great "indie rock-sounding" indie rock records.
tinyurl.com/5bf2yyt4