Indiecast

By Uproxx

What's Indiecast about?

Indiecast is a weekly show from UPROXX Indie Mixtape hosted by music critics Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen. Every week, Hyden and Cohen discuss the biggest news and names in modern indie, as well as look back to moments that established the indie rock canon.

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Indiecast episodes:

04.26.2024
Oasis Gets Snubbed By The Rock Hall + A New Album From Hovvdy
Steven and Ian also discuss seeing Phish at Sphere and Cindy Lee in San Diego.
04.19.2024
New Albums By Pearl Jam and Cloud Nothings + Is It Better To Bomb At Coachella Than Succeed?
Steven and Ian also discuss the viral trainwrecks that came out of Coachella's opening weekend.
04.12.2024
Coachella Downfall + Top Albums of 2024 (So Far)
Steven and Ian also have an extremely granular conversation about late '90s radio rock.
04.05.2024
A New Vampire Weekend Album + An Old Modest Mouse Album
Steven and Ian look back at Modest Mouse's 'Good News For People Who Love Bad News' for the album's 20th anniversary.
03.29.2024
A New Bruce Springsteen Biopic, "Honkin' On Bobo"-cast + The Q2 Fantasy Albums Draft
Steven and Ian check in on their Fantasy Albums Draft and pay tribute to Aerosmith's 'Honkin On Bobo' for the album's 20th anniversary.
03.22.2024
New Albums By Waxahatchee, Adrianne Lenker + Rosali
Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen review albums by Waxahatchee, Adrianne Lenker, and Rosali in the latest Indiecast episode.
03.15.2024
SXSW Controversy, The New Pitchfork Festival Lineup, And Our Favorite Albums Since 2014
Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen discuss the SXSW controversy and the new Pitchfork Festival lineup.
03.08.2024
Catching Up With St. Vincent, The National/The War On Drugs Tour, And Other Discourse We Missed Last Week
Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen catch up on discourse from St. Vincent to a very stacked emo festival.
03.01.2024
Mailbag Time! Yay Or Nay Ty Segall, Feist's "Female Seal" Vocal Style + Is 2024's Q1 Historically Great?
Is Q1 of the 2024 music release schedule historically great? Did Feist invent the "female seal" vocal style? And Ty Segall, yay or nay?
02.23.2024
MGMT, The Last Dinner Party + Many, Many Upcoming Beatles Biopics
Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen talk about MGMT's 'Loss Of Life' and the UK band The Last Dinner Party.
02.16.2024
New Album Announcements From Vampire Weekend, DIIV, And More + Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nominations
Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen talk new releases by Vampire Weekend, Beyoncé, and DIIV.
02.09.2024
The Super Bowl, (Fart), More Pitchfork Intrigue + A Possible 2000s Indie Folk Revival
Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen look back at era-defining indie folk and recommend music by Ducks Ltd. and Bill Ryder-Jones.
02.02.2024
Grammy Predictions + Netflix's Very Fun 'We Are The World' Doc
Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen make their predictions about the 2024 Grammys and whether or not Boygenius will win an award.
01.26.2024
The Smile Returns, Alex G Signs With RCA, and Does Ian Remember Which Albums He Reviewed For Pitchfork?
Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen review new albums by The Smile and Katy Kirby.
01.19.2024
The Fall Of Pitchfork, The Weirdness Of 2024 Music Festivals + A (Bad) New Green Day Album
Hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen talk about the state of music festivals in 2024, the Pitchfork layoffs, and more.
01.12.2024
The Best Albums Of The 2020s So Far
Predicting the best albums of the 2020s; it's also time for a new fantasy albums draft for the first quarter of the year.
01.05.2024
Our Predictions For 2024
Steven and Ian look into their crystal balls and lay out their best guesses for what will happen in indie music this year.
12.22.2023
The 2023 Indiecasties (Part 2)
Steven and Ian return with more highs and lows from the year in indie rock.
12.15.2023
The 2023 Indiecasties (Part 1)
It's Indiecasties time, so Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen honor the good (and not-so-good) of indie rock this year.
12.08.2023
Our Favorite Albums Of 2023
Steven and Ian run down some of the best music of the year, including Mitski, MJ Lendermen, Wednesday, 100 Gecs, and more.
12.01.2023
Let's Dig Into The Mailbag: Gen Z's Music Stats Obsession, Demos In Box Sets
Steven and Ian address diverse topics such as Gen Z's obsession with listening statistics and the value (or not) of demos on reissues.
11.24.2023
Let's Pick Six More Albums For The Indiecast Hall Of Fame
Steven and Ian honor some personal musical favorites they feel a little unsung.
11.17.2023
Andre 3000's Flute Album, Boygenius' Huge 2023 + The Smile Returns
Indiecast's critics Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen review Andre 3000's experimental flute album and talk about Boygenius' Grammy nominations.
11.10.2023
The Best Albums Of 1998
Steven and Ian look back a quarter-century to an incredible year for music: 1998.
11.03.2023
The Return Of Diiv + The Rise Of Hotline TNT
Steven and Ian talk about the new Beatles song, Diiv's new single 'Soul Net,' and the ascent of new shoegaze band Hotline TNT.
10.27.2023
A New Gaslight Anthem Album + The 20th Anniversary of 'Chutes Too Narrow'
Steven and Ian talk about the new Gaslight Anthem album, indie rock musician cameos in 'Killers Of The Flower Moon' and the 20-year anniversary of an iconic album from The Shins.
10.20.2023
The Future Of Bandcamp + The Rolling Stones
Steven and Ian talk Bandcamp layoffs and hash out a recent "Best Guitarists" list and what these lists say about the publications that make them.
10.13.2023
Indiecast Mailbag: Favorite Bassists, The Weakerthans + Beirut (The Band)
Steven and Ian address letters from their loyal listeners.
10.06.2023
A New Sufjan Stevens Album + U2 At The Sphere
Steven and Ian also explore the surprising popularity of the once-obscure '90s slowcore band Duster.
09.29.2023
New Albums By Wilco And Animal Collective + The Resurgence of Mid-'80s Alt-Rock
Steven and Ian also talk about the resurgence of mid-'80s alt-rock in the form of The Replacements and Talking Heads.
09.22.2023
The Fall Of Jann Wenner and A Surprise Album From The National
It's been a week since former Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner gave a disastrous interview to the New York Times to promote his upcoming book of classic rocker interviews, The Masters. Thankfully, it lingered just long enough in the news for Steven and Ian to talk about it...
09.15.2023
New Albums By Mitski And Olivia Rodrigo
Those following the Fall Albums Fantasy Draft are probably aware that Steven is off to a big lead, as Olivia Rodrigo's Guts (his no. 1 pick) is already one of the year's best reviewed albums. But how do Steven and Ian feel about...
09.08.2023
Our First Fall Albums Fantasy Draft
Steven and Ian also talk about the Jeff Rosenstock vs. Steve Albini (and Propagandhi?) online feud.
09.01.2023
New Albums By Zach Bryan + Jeff Rosenstock
Steven and Ian also preview the 40th anniversary concerts by Guided By Voices taking place this weekend.
08.25.2023
New Albums by The Armed + Ratboys, Plus: Our Favorite Soundtrack Albums
Steven and Ian also talk about their favorite soundtrack albums of all time.
08.18.2023
Let's Revisit The Blog Rock Era
Steven and Ian walk down memory lane to revisit the mid-aughts height of bands like Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Voxtrot.
08.11.2023
The Song Of The Summer vs. Patio Music
Steven and Ian get to the bottom of the best music of the warm weather season.
08.04.2023
Travis Scott's "Utopia" + The (Bad) New Country Song Co-Written By David Bowie
Steven and Ian talk about Travis Scott's 'Utopia' and the new country song co-written by... David Bowie?
07.28.2023
New Music From Big Thief, Mitski and... Post Malone?
Steven and Ian talks about the biggest indie news of the week... and a very non indie rock artist.
07.21.2023
The First Ever Record Label Draft + Our Favorite Performances In Pitchfork Festival History
If you could start your own label, who would you sign? Steven and Ian weigh in with their picks.
07.14.2023
New Albums By Anohni + PJ Harvey, Artists Getting Hit In The Face At Shows, And Between-Song Banter Yay Or Nay
Steven and Ian also discuss artists getting hit in the face with random objects at shows and whether between-song banter is cool.
07.07.2023
The Lost Episode
There's no fresh, funny, and incisive commentary on Indiecast this week due to technical issues. But here's a rundown of what you would have heard.
06.30.2023
We Answer Listener Questions About Concert T-Shirts, Art Brut, And More
Steven and Ian hash out some important trends suggested by the audience.
06.23.2023
Revisiting The Albums Of 2013
Steven and Ian review the most notable work from one of the most notable recent years for music (2013).
06.16.2023
Our Mid-Year Indiecasties For 2023
Steven and Ian assess the first part of the year and determine the winners and losers so far.
06.09.2023
Steven And Ian's Favorite Albums Of 2023 So Far
Steven and Ian each put together lists of their top five records from 2023 thus far and discuss one of the most annoying music stories of the year.
06.02.2023
Our First All 'Yay Or Nay?' Episode
What started out as a joke is now a reality for Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen as they deliver their first full "yay or nay?" episode.
05.26.2023
The Dare's Critic-Baiting EP, The Dubiousness Of Indie Sleaze, and Reunion Rumors For Oasis and Modern Baseball
Steven and Ian give their takes on one of 2023's most polarizing indie acts.
05.19.2023
2023 Is A Weak Year For Music So Far (Maybe) and The Legacy Of The Cure
Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen predicts early Album Of The Year contenders for 2023 and the legacy of The Cure.
05.12.2023
Ten Years Of 'Random Access Memories,' The End Of MTV News, and American Football Buys The American Football House
Hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen talk 10 years of Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories,' Queens Of The Stone Age, Sum 41's breakup, and American Football buying the American Football house.

What's Indiecast about?

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Indiecast episodes:

Oasis Gets Snubbed By The Rock Hall + A New Album From Hovvdy

New Albums By Pearl Jam and Cloud Nothings + Is It Better To Bomb At Coachella Than Succeed?

Coachella Downfall + Top Albums of 2024 (So Far)

A New Vampire Weekend Album + An Old Modest Mouse Album

A New Bruce Springsteen Biopic, "Honkin' On Bobo"-cast + The Q2 Fantasy Albums Draft

New Albums By Waxahatchee, Adrianne Lenker + Rosali

SXSW Controversy, The New Pitchfork Festival Lineup, And Our Favorite Albums Since 2014

Catching Up With St. Vincent, The National/The War On Drugs Tour, And Other Discourse We Missed Last Week

Mailbag Time! Yay Or Nay Ty Segall, Feist's "Female Seal" Vocal Style + Is 2024's Q1 Historically Great?

MGMT, The Last Dinner Party + Many, Many Upcoming Beatles Biopics

New Album Announcements From Vampire Weekend, DIIV, And More + Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nominations

The Super Bowl, (Fart), More Pitchfork Intrigue + A Possible 2000s Indie Folk Revival

Grammy Predictions + Netflix's Very Fun 'We Are The World' Doc

The Smile Returns, Alex G Signs With RCA, and Does Ian Remember Which Albums He Reviewed For Pitchfork?

The Fall Of Pitchfork, The Weirdness Of 2024 Music Festivals + A (Bad) New Green Day Album

The Best Albums Of The 2020s So Far

Our Predictions For 2024

The 2023 Indiecasties (Part 2)

The 2023 Indiecasties (Part 1)

Our Favorite Albums Of 2023

Let's Dig Into The Mailbag: Gen Z's Music Stats Obsession, Demos In Box Sets

Let's Pick Six More Albums For The Indiecast Hall Of Fame

Andre 3000's Flute Album, Boygenius' Huge 2023 + The Smile Returns

The Best Albums Of 1998

The Return Of Diiv + The Rise Of Hotline TNT

A New Gaslight Anthem Album + The 20th Anniversary of 'Chutes Too Narrow'

The Future Of Bandcamp + The Rolling Stones

Indiecast Mailbag: Favorite Bassists, The Weakerthans + Beirut (The Band)

A New Sufjan Stevens Album + U2 At The Sphere

New Albums By Wilco And Animal Collective + The Resurgence of Mid-'80s Alt-Rock

The Fall Of Jann Wenner and A Surprise Album From The National

New Albums By Mitski And Olivia Rodrigo

Our First Fall Albums Fantasy Draft

New Albums By Zach Bryan + Jeff Rosenstock

New Albums by The Armed + Ratboys, Plus: Our Favorite Soundtrack Albums

Let's Revisit The Blog Rock Era

The Song Of The Summer vs. Patio Music

Travis Scott's "Utopia" + The (Bad) New Country Song Co-Written By David Bowie

New Music From Big Thief, Mitski and... Post Malone?

The First Ever Record Label Draft + Our Favorite Performances In Pitchfork Festival History

New Albums By Anohni + PJ Harvey, Artists Getting Hit In The Face At Shows, And Between-Song Banter Yay Or Nay

The Lost Episode

We Answer Listener Questions About Concert T-Shirts, Art Brut, And More

Revisiting The Albums Of 2013

Our Mid-Year Indiecasties For 2023

Steven And Ian's Favorite Albums Of 2023 So Far

Our First All 'Yay Or Nay?' Episode

The Dare's Critic-Baiting EP, The Dubiousness Of Indie Sleaze, and Reunion Rumors For Oasis and Modern Baseball

2023 Is A Weak Year For Music So Far (Maybe) and The Legacy Of The Cure

Ten Years Of 'Random Access Memories,' The End Of MTV News, and American Football Buys The American Football House

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