Indiecast

This week, Indiecast is talking about wily veterans. And that includes Aaron Rodgers, who is the topic of the emergency Sportscast segment at the top of the episode (1:30). Steven has some heavy feelings to work out about his quarterback for the past 15 years, and all Ian can do in response is trash the 2005 film  Hustle & Flow . (It makes sense when you hear the episode.) With that out o...

Indiecast talks about the biggest music news of the week, and this week the biggest music news involved  Frank Ocean's disastrous appearance at Coachella , and the subsequent  cancelation of his performance this weekend . Steven and Ian try to comprehend the original concept for the performance — apparently it involved an ice rink and an army of skaters? — and why Frank Ocean is the sort...

Coachella is upon us, so Steve and Ian felt it was appropriate to talk about the music festival. But do you really need to talk about Coachella on an indie music podcast these days?  This year's lineup might be the least indie-oriented in history , continuing a long-running trend favoring pop and electronic music. To illustrate this point, they revisited the 2013 lineup, a year when The Stone...

Because Indiecast is obligated to talk about the biggest indie news of the week — it's right there in the introduction — they were required to open this week's episode with an overview of the  Boygenius  discourse (:30). Which turned toxic over the weekend for all of the predictable reasons. However, is it possible to think that  The Record  is neither a masterpiece nor the wor...

At the start of this week's episode, Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen try to come to terms with the fact that Ed Sheeran  doesn't think music critics are necessary . Ultimately, they concede that the man has a point — after all, if music critics had any power, Ed Sheeran would not be a hugely successful pop star (:26). In the banter segment, they talk about the upcoming tour by Smashing Pumpkins, I...

In this week's Indiecast , Ian and Steve share their thoughts on two new albums. The first is Yves Tumor's long-winded album Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) (yes, that's the full album title), which is not quite experimental enough to be avant-garde but not quite catchy enough to be a pop record (44:40). The second is Black Country, New Road's Li...

In this week's episode, Ian and Steve review new albums by  M83  (which they like) and  100 Gecs  (which they are mixed on but are intrigued about) (12:01). But before that, they delve into the week's biggest controversy (:27): That tweet from a political writer about how The White Stripes  would have been better  with a more technically proficient drummer. They also...

On this week's episode, Steve and Ian discuss a wide range of topics while acknowledging that neither is as good at music criticism as Jamie Lee Curtis (3:59). They dive into Steve's recent Bruce Springsteen live experience (23:24), the controversy over The Weeknd's new HBO show (34:18) and whether he's too big to cancel, the rumors about a possible reunion tour by The Hotelier (45:38), and the re...

Ian and Steve looked ahead to the next three months and picked their  most anticipated albums , tours, and trends! That's right — they hashed out  future  trends this time (29:46). In the meat of the episode, they talk about whether upcoming albums by  Blondshell  and  100 Gecs  will live up to expectations this spring (31:12). Then they looked at the "Indie Rock...

This is an indie rock podcast, which needs to be reiterated because of episodes like this one. In this episode, Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen discuss some very un-indie rock topics. For instance, they go deep on  Rolling Stone 's  recent article  about the current state of Live, the '90s grunge band famous for songs like "Lightning Crashes" and "I Alone." Why are they talking abou...

On this week's Indiecast , Ian Cohen and Steve Hyden try to make sense of the conversation around Rihanna's Super Bowl Halftime performance (7:00), as well as the buzz about U2's upcoming residency in Las Vegas (15:23). In the meat of the episode (28:57), they reviewed two recent releases — the first is  This Is Why,  the first album in six years from the venerable emo-pop institution Pa...

It's early February, which means that the annual post-Grammys furor arrived on schedule this week. At issue was Harry Styles  beating out Beyonce for Album Of The Year , a turn of events that might end up being the worst thing to ever happen to Styles. Has the hunky British pop star just been Timberlake-ized? What does it mean to be Timberlake-ized anyway? Let's hash it out (:25). Here's some...

Indiecast would not have a podcast if not for our listeners. So Indiecast like to make sure that they are included in the discourse in each episode via our Mailbag segment. And in this episode, Steve and Ian go even deeper into the bag (26:57). Listeners did not disappoint. They learned, for instance, that one popular indie rock band apparently does hot yoga (27:27)! They also delved into the pros...

This week on Indiecast , Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen delve into the world of mainstream rock and assess the state of major-label bands waving the flag for guitars in a pop-dominated world. In the "meat" portion of the episode, they review the recent album by the viral Italian band  Måneskin (30:28), who make their (mostly) English language debut with  Rush!  Is this record enjoyably...

Today Mac DeMarco releases an album of instrumentals called  Five Easy Hot Dogs .  How good is it? Well, it's an instrumental album called  Five Easy Hot Dogs —  you do the math. At the very least, the record was a good excuse to talk about the career and legacy of one of modern indie's most influential artists (32:47). Steve Hyden is a fan though he considers himself more of a...

The holidays are officially in the rearview mirror and 2023 is in full swing, which means it's time for a new year of fresh music. It's rare for musicians to drop projects so early in January, but  Indiecast  is looking forward to the year ahead with hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen naming their most anticipated indie albums of 2023 (33:05). To kick off this week's episode,  Indieca...

Now that the new year has kicked off and people on Twitter are voting for which trends are going to be "in" and "out" this year,  Indiecast  returns to share their predictions about the state of indie music in 2023 (28:53). Will Sky Ferreira  finally release  Masochism  this year? Who is the next artist to work with Jack Antonoff? Of course, Steve and Ian had to start the...

Now that  Indiecast  has decided  the most annoying music Twitter story  and the most 2022 album of 2022, hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen get (a bit) more earnest about their favorite music of the year. This week's  Indiecast  episode as Steve and Ian name the five albums they think deserved more media attention in 2022 (hint: one of them had an entire  Indiecas...

Last week kicked off the annual year-end  Indiecasties , an  Indiecast  segment where hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen nominate the best, worst, and most memorable music moments of the year. Think of it as indie music's Grammys, but in an audio format and with fewer  Machine Gun Kelly  appearances. On this week's episode, Steven and Ian reflect on 2022 by diving deeper int...

It's that time of the year again: December is here and publications ( including Uproxx ) have begun rolling out their picks for the best albums of the year. That means it's also time for another annual installment of the  Indiecasties , an episode of  Indiecast  where hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen honor their favorite (and most overrated) albums of the year. This year's categorie...

The holidays are here, meaning it's not only time to tune out holiday music in every store but it's also time to chill out, lay on your couch, and binge watch movies. This week on  Indiecast , hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen share their recommendations for the best music documentaries to check out (or to put on in the background while decorating your Christmas tree). Plus, they look back on...

It's hard to decide which indie album released in 1997 was the best since there are so many great ones to choose from. There's Elliot Smith's  Either/Or , Yo La Tengo’s  I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One , and Built To Spill’s  Perfect From Now On . But this week on  Indiecast , hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen are looking back on 25 years of an album that meant a lot to both...

A lot's been going on in indie music lately. The 1975's Matty Healy — yes, we're talking about The 1975 again — has been pulling some very strange on stage antics involving raw meat (4:29), Bruce Springsteen dropped a soul covers album (:24), and last weeks' Indiecast prediction about When We Were Young Festival becoming the nostalgia festival blueprint came true with the nu metal-themed Sick New...

New York City in the early aughts became a hotbed for indie artists when bands like The Strokes, Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and more suddenly ignited a new era of indie rock. On this week's Indiecast episode, hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen revisit that nostalgia-inducing era by sharing their thoughts on the new Meet Me In The Bathroom documentary, which uncovers footage from the '00s NYC music s...

To be considered "prolific" in the music world, an artist usually puts out an album every one or two years. But what about bands who routinely release several albums a year? On this week's Indiecast episode, hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen deep dive into King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 's wildly fruitful career (they've put out 23 albums since 2012, including five albums this year ) (40:56)....