Notes on the new Big Thief record and scores of other underwhelming 2025 LPs| stevenhyden.substack.com
Hint: It's related to how music criticism also got better| stevenhyden.substack.com
Plus: New Albums by Mac DeMarco, Greg Freeman, and Water From Your Eyes| Evil Speakers
Plus: A rare audio interview with Cass McCombs and thoughts on Ethel Cain| Evil Speakers
Also: What your personal "worst song of all time" says about you| Evil Speakers
Plus: My favorite music of July 2025 and a killer Bob Dylan/Jerry Garcia collaboration| Evil Speakers
Plus: I Saw Oasis at Wembley Stadium on Friday! And the great new Ryan Davis LP is out now!| Evil Speakers
Plus: An Important Procedural Question For You All| Evil Speakers
Plus: MJ Lenderman covers one of Jason Molina's greatest songs| Evil Speakers
"Love Minus Zero/No Limit" plus "No Limits"| Evil Speakers
Plus An Update On My Upcoming Strokes Book Due Next Year| Evil Speakers
Some Words About A Track I Haven't Stopped Playing On Repeat| Evil Speakers
The Four Writers That Impacted Me Most As A Critic (Inspired By A Recent Q&A)| Evil Speakers
Revisiting One Of The Greatest (And Most Painful) Albums Of Recent Times| Evil Speakers
A Transcript Of Our "Celebration Rock" Chat, On The 1st Anniversary Of His Passing| Evil Speakers
Who Holds The Belt In The Last 10 Years? Let's Figure It Out.| Evil Speakers
Join Me As I Argue With Myself, 10 Years Later| Evil Speakers
a.k.a. A Love Letter To "Good Times Great Oldies" Radio| Evil Speakers
All hail The Soft Pack, Futurebirds, Call Me Lightning, The Goodnight Loving, and Megafaun!| stevenhyden.substack.com
Bands, Rock Music, Culture, Etc. by Steven Hyden. Click to read Evil Speakers, by Steven Hyden, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.| stevenhyden.substack.com
In Praise Of "Live And Loose!" By MJ Lenderman And The Wind| stevenhyden.substack.com
