Indiecast

This week on Indiecast , hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen take a deep dive into the most talked about albums from 2002. Re-examining releases like Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot , Interpol's Turn On The Bright Lights , Beck's Sea Change , and Rilo Kiley's The Execution Of All Things , Steven and Ian sort the albums into a few different categories: Overrated, underrated, properly rated, and their abs...

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Despite his prolific releases, Kurt Vile has oftentimes been pinned with a slacker reputation. Maybe it's his "chill dude" persona or his wandering ballads, but on Vile's latest album Watch My Moves , the former War On Drugs guitarist proves his music has evolved over the last few years. On the latest episode of Indiecast , hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen share their thoughts about Watch My Moves...

The last we heard from Jack White , he seemed to be midst of the artistic equivalent of a mid-life crisis with his 2018 album Boarding House Reach . But with his new LP Fear Of The Dawn , White has adopted a sense of indifference, resulting in a surprisingly captivating effort. On the latest Indiecast episode, hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen review White's new album (29:49) and share their though...

To say a lot happened in pop culture this week would be an understatement. The music world collectively mourned the loss of Foo Fighters' drummer Taylor Hawkins (5:38). A day later, cultural discourse was dominated by Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars (:28). This week on Indiecast , hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen recap the week and name the first album that disappointed them (19:34)....

Destroyer is a band that has been around for so many years, they seems to exist in their own realm. This week on Indiecast , hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen dig into Destroyer's new album Labyrinthitis (33:23) and wonder if the band is now immune to criticism from music reviewers. Oso Oso , on the other hand, is being picked up by music outlets. It seems as though their surprise-released album So...

Gang Of Youths was recently named one of the most Indiecast bands , but what other musicians fit nicely in with the Indiecast brand? Since the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame was in the news this week thanks to Dolly Parton (2:43), Indiecast hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen decide to induct four albums into the Indiecast Hall Of Fame (29:04). Steven and Ian also discuss some of the biggest news in indi...

Spring is already around the corner and the music industry is gearing up for a new season of releases. Indiecast hosts Steven and Ian have spent the first few months of 2022 sharing their music takes, but it's now time to hear what listeners have to say. This week, Indiecast takes some time off of reviewing albums to read some listener mail and answer burning questions (17:39). Steven and Ian kick...

What do Band Of Horses have in common with The Strokes and Interpol ? Their first album was mostly considered to be an instant classic, though their second album was arguably better. Band Of Horses may have dominated much of indie music discourse in the mid-aughts, but they're now making a triumphant return with their first album in six years, Things Are Great . Hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen sh...

Indiecast sure does have a lot of favorite artists, but what's the most Indiecast band? It very well may be Gang Of Youths , an Australian group who have garnered a massive US following in recent years. Their new album Angel In Real Time is already an album of the year contender for Indiecast hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen, who share their thoughts (39:14) about the "real achievement" of an LP o...

After the pandemic threw off touring plans for a few years, many big indie bands are making a 2022 comeback with double albums. Big Thief just delivered their 20-track LP and Kurt Vile recently announced a 90-minute magnum opus . But is Beach House's latest project Once Twice Melody effective as a double album? On this week's Indiecast , Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen talk Beach House's new album (40:...

Is it fair to say 2022 is already a better music year than 2021? After all, 2021 might have been a year without an all-time classic album . But so far, The Weeknd has dropped an Album Of The Year contender with Dawn FM and now, Big Thief has delivered the masterpiece of an album, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You . This week on Indiecast , Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen talk new LPs by Big Thi...

The indie world is nothing if not ripe for conversation. This week’s episode of  Indiecast  has Steve and Ian discussing  HitPiece , the new NFT music platform that didn’t get permission from any artist to host their music (4:56), the  release week drama for Black Country, New Road (12:41), and the arrival of a new song from the Red Hot Chili Peppers (17:35). The meat of this w...

We’re barely a month in and 2022 has already delivered a great amount of trends to be hashed out -- like Taylor Swift vs. Damon Albarn (6:36) and Neil Young removing his catalog from Spotify (0:28) -- and music to be excited about. On this week’s episode of  Indiecast , Steve and Ian tackle the latest developments in the indie world and curate their wish lists for albums they hope are finally...

In April of 2011, LCD Soundsystem performed a monumental three-and-a-half hour show at Madison Square Garden that was billed as their final show ever. Fans flew from all over the globe to say dance themselves clean and say goodbye to the dance-punk outfit that made a name for themselves with self-referential lyrics and impressive electronic arrangements. A little less than a year after the band wa...

After the dearth of new music releases over the holidays, 2022 is officially in full swing and it seems like the docket of new music just keeps getting more and more exciting. To kick off a year of new music reviews, Steve and Ian are digging into  Dawn FM , the latest album from The Weeknd that dropped without any preamble on January 7, but is simultaneously the biggest release of the year s...

And just like that, the holiday break is over and it’s already time to get back into reviewing albums and hashing out trends. Steve and Ian are both back from vacation and not wasting any time, diving right into the story of the Eve 6 guy arguing online with Steve Albini about Counting Crows, a topic that sounds like it was created in a lab specifically for  Indiecast . They also chat ab...

2021 is finally winding down, and on the final episode of the year, Steve and Ian are celebrating with the return of Indiecasties, the semi-annual  Indiecast  awards show. Who will take home this year’s Indiecasties, widely regarded as the most prestigious award in indie rock? Tune in to this week’s episode to find out! Included in this installment of the Indiecasties are awards for: “Wh...

It feels like we just celebrated the new year yesterday, but somehow,  2021 is already coming to an end . Steve and Ian already named  their favorite albums of the year , and what better way to further reflect on an eventful year for indie rock with another mailbag episode? This week, Steve and Ian take questions from listeners all over the map about everything from their Mount Rushmore...

It feels like just yesterday that we were looking ahead to what we could expect in 2021, and now we're here in December. Before breaking for the holidays, Steve and Ian wanted to come together to list thier favorite albums of the year. Some albums, like Wild Pink's  A Billion Little Lights  and Low's  Hey What , made both of their lists. For his list, Ian paid tribute to the latest...

In this week’s special Thanksgiving episode, Steve and Ian return to the  Indiecast  Hall Of Fame. In case you don’t recall, the honor was designed to honor albums in the indie rock and alternative rock realm that were influential and beloved at the time of their release, but have since been lost to the test of time and sadly — some might say shamefully — left out of the widely accepted...

It won’t be long now before the year-end lists start rolling out, which means it’s time to look ahead to what we can expect in 2022. This week, Steve and Ian give their takes and predictions for albums coming out next year, including  Mitski ,  Beach House ,  Big Thief , and many more. They each give their confidence ratings between 1 and 10, and discuss the indie rock landscape tha...

This week’s episode of is dedicated to two of the greatest indie rock success stories over the last decade. First up is Idles, whose new album  Crawler  follows up 2020’s  Ultra Mono  and continues down a musical path toward what  Steven Hyden recently called  “the mix of political righteousness and musical bluntness that once caused people to call The Clash ‘the...

After her 2018 debut  Lush  catapulted Lindsey Jordan into the spotlight, she was suddenly working harder — and more regularly — at the age of 18 than most people work in their lives. The tours, interviews, and TV appearances kept coming, and with them a growing cult of personality surrounding Jordan. All of this and more is explored on  Valentine , the new album from Snail Mail. Wh...

The first new album from The War On Drugs in four years has finally arrived. Steve considers The War On Drugs his favorite band of the last decade, while Ian considers them in a similar lane as Tame Impala or Beach house, where the music is enjoyable but does little more for him than establish “vibe.” Musically,  I Don’t Live Here Anymore  is a refinement of the craft the band explored o...