Steven Hyden

🚨 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 I have a new book coming out on Sept. 8. It's about The Strokes and the evolution (or de-evolution) of rock bands in the 21st century. And you can pre-order it now! If you would like to know more I wrote about it here. tinyurl.com/msvtk5rm

@Steven_Hyden Signed at the Madison gig on this albums tour 😋

@SeanFennessey (Sorry, didn't heed "no questions at this time.")

@SeanFennessey Studio or "Royal Albert Hall" version, Sean?

“Fourth Time Around” is the greatest Bob Dylan song because it is both a devastatingly specific portrait of young love and a gentle parody of the form (and The Beatles). It’s the PRINCESS BRIDE of pop songs. No questions at this time.

@StolenDans This film is apex mountain for Lindsey Buckingham backing vocals

@Steven_Hyden Interesting 🧐

Fascinated to check this out. I have a running joke that SHE'S THE ONE is a movie that was invented purely as an adjunct to the most underrated Tom Petty album, but that nobody ever saw the actual film. Apparently I was wrong and it's a rewatchable!

I like how this song turns into a blatant Nirvana rip-off for about 15 seconds and then changes its mind and takes a different course.

This is a great song. youtube.com/watch?v=2zUWJZ…

Deerhunter Month at Evil Speakers continues with a conversation about two great 2008 albums and the larger “normal” vs. “weird” indie rock divide that was growing at the time and this band transcended. open.substack.com/pub/stevenhyde…

wrote a couple thousand words about emo icymi ! everybody listen to up up down down today

“While chicken wing puke eats the candy apple red off his corvette” is a top 5 lyric of my 57 years. Also, John Neff appreciation tweet.

This is a great interview.

This is actually a good idea.

On July 24 Miles Hewitt will release VAINGLORY, an LP I've loved since I heard it a month or so ago. It's an American spin on spooky 70s British-style folk, with lyrics about AI and the end of the world. Heady stuff but gripping. I talked to him about it. uproxx.com/indie/miles-he…

For the 30th anniversary of ODELAY, I did an overview of Beck's career, a fascinating journey from 20th century hipsterdom to 21st century Grammy bait. An allegory for so many cultural institutions, honestly. stevenhyden.substack.com/p/something-is…

@simplyevan I can record the CD onto a blank tape, and put a different album on the other side. God's other format!

@Steven_Hyden Should have splurged on the cassette tape

Listening to a new Rolling Stones album on god’s format the compact disc in the year of our lord 2026.

@rogerpodactor41 Not yet

@Steven_Hyden On the patio?

I wrote about the very good Tracey Nelson album out today. stevenhyden.substack.com/p/something-is…