@stevenhyden.bsky.social
The Ween Of American Rock Critics. Author of six books. @uproxx culture critic. Host of podcasts living and Dead. https://stevenhyden.substack.com/
Minnesota hasn't struggled like that in Green Bay since The Replacements attempted to cover "Theme From Shaft" at the City Center Theatre in 1991.
23.11.2025 20:46 — 👍 57 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
My man needs a biopic.
23.11.2025 20:34 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0JJ McCarthy is my favorite Vikings QB of all time.
23.11.2025 20:30 — 👍 32 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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Great Sunday morning album
23.11.2025 14:35 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0I’ve been playing 06-07 Cardinals SBDs and that band should have lasted for decades as the new Heartbreakers.
22.11.2025 22:00 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yeah the first album in particular is pretty great (just played again this afternoon) and he shines all the way through
22.11.2025 21:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Listening to a lot of Neal Casal lately, both his own records and his excellent work with bands (The Cardinals, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Hard Working Americans). One of my favorite contemporary musicians. Feeling sad again he died so young.
22.11.2025 21:49 — 👍 37 🔁 0 💬 10 📌 0Anyone who makes albums lists should feel a bit seen with that formula...
(although truthfully, I'd hope folks grow out of it after the first decade of making year-end lists)
(then I remember the average # of years someone writes professionally about music is about five, so the cycle continues...)
Although I'm not much of a list maker (or consumer) anymore, Steven's always great, and this piece is worth it just for the "The formula goes like this" section.
22.11.2025 17:04 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Very enjoyable GBV-esque album out today.
sharppins.bandcamp.com/album/balloo...
@stevenhyden.bsky.social had a good write up about the problem with Welles. One worrisome thing among many, he’s been pretty coy about who he voted for in 2024
20.11.2025 20:49 — 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 3
Geese please cover this song
youtu.be/4JaXrskiTSs?...
Hey, year-end lists is on the horizon so I put on my prognosticator hat and took some educated guesses for what I think critics will pick for 2025's best albums.
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There are several layers of jam band references here I'm not quite getting
19.11.2025 03:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0No clue
19.11.2025 03:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sorry, I forgot this was Bluesky. I'll refrain from jokes in the future.
19.11.2025 02:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I didn't do a breathalyzer before the call.
19.11.2025 02:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0(This was a long time ago, in my daily newspaper days, about 05 or so. It was a phoner, and it's possible that when he called I was too slow to pick it up pick it up pick it up)
19.11.2025 02:37 — 👍 36 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0Watched CLUELESS tonight with my daughter and was reminded that the single rudest interview subject of my life was Dicky Barrett of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
19.11.2025 02:36 — 👍 53 🔁 0 💬 6 📌 0Spent an hour looking for my ELO farewell tour t-shirt before giving up. (a short story)
18.11.2025 04:25 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I wrote about the late, great Todd Snider.
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This whole site the New York Times comments section.
17.11.2025 14:54 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Todd was the headliner
16.11.2025 21:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Where was that?
16.11.2025 18:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0There will be lots of time in the future to parse the details of that whole thing. Right now I don’t really care tbh
16.11.2025 17:01 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I wrote about the late, great Todd Snider.
stevenhyden.substack.com/p/todd-snide...
