Steven Hyden is a Cultural Critic at UPROXX. He specializes in arts and entertainment, with a particular focus on music genres, the music business, and concert and festival coverage. His insights and critiques have been featured in notable publications including The New York Times, The Daily Beast, and The Ringer.
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Half of 2026 is now over. Many records from the year so far have been praised. But some records have not been praised enough.
Takes on new music by Phoebe Bridgers, This Is Lorelei, Sublime, Brandon Flowers, and more. Plus: A Kurt Vile live scene report and a review of indie-jammers SML's new LP
The start of our series on perhaps the greatest pure indie rock band of the 21st century
An interesting factoid about Miles Hewitt is that he studied poetry at Harvard. It was interesting to me, anyway.
On music, culture (and everything else) with Steven Hyden
A "I feel very proud to be hideous" kind of record from the end of their golden era
The Strokes have, famously, had an up-and-down career. They started on a high with Is This It , and then every album they put out after that was
An interview with half of the garage-rock duo, one of my favorite bands of 2026
By: Steven Hyden
About a month ago, my editor reached out and essentially ordered me to sign up for a press junket for a new movie that finally came out in theaters last week.
It Goes On , the scrappily invigorating full-length debut by the U.K. band Westside Cowboy, opens with one of the year's most exciting rock songs.
