Steven Hyden

5/17/16

Excerpt: Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me

Music is not like sports—artists don’t have to “defeat” each other in order to gain supremacy. And yet over the…

Steven Hyden

PublishedMay 17, 2016

2/1/13

A look at the Hot 100 reveals a goofy upstart and some predictable old pros

In This Was Pop, A.V. Club writers Genevieve Koski and Steven Hyden explore the Billboard charts in search of the…

Steven Hyden

and Genevieve Koski

PublishedFebruary 1, 2013

1/15/13

Why the fatalistic Goodbye Yellow Brick Road remains Elton John’s most popular album

In We’re No. 1, Steven Hyden examines an album that went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts to get to the heart of…

Steven Hyden

PublishedJanuary 15, 2013

12/28/12

This Was Pop’s favorite radio singles of the year, Bieber and beyond

Every month in This Was Pop, Steven Hyden and Genevieve Koski skim the surface and plumb the depths of the Billboard…

Steven Hyden

and Genevieve Koski

PublishedDecember 28, 2012

12/11/12

Jimmy Buffett pulled in some country-music ringers for the horribly titled License To Chill

In We’re No. 1, Steven Hyden examines an album that went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts to get to the heart of…

Steven Hyden

PublishedDecember 11, 2012

12/11/12

The best music of 2012: The ballots

Our main list of the year’s best albums doesn’t just appear out of thin air. It’s tallied from ballots by a group…

Kyle Ryan,

Josh Modell,

Steven Hyden,

Sean O'Neal,

Keith Phipps,

Noel Murray,

Marah Eakin,

and Genevieve Koski

PublishedDecember 11, 2012

11/30/12

This Was Pop checks in with this year’s crop of new holiday music

This month, A.V. Club writers Genevieve Koski and Steven Hyden take a break from exploring the good, the bad, and…

Steven Hyden

and Genevieve Koski

PublishedNovember 30, 2012

11/13/12

Santana’s Supernatural was 1999’s most surprisingly successful album

In We’re No. 1, Steven Hyden examines an album that went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts to get to the heart of…

Steven Hyden

PublishedNovember 13, 2012

11/2/12

This Was Pop discovers the softer side of the rock-songs chart

A.V. Club writers Genevieve Koski and Steven Hyden explore the Billboard charts every month in search of the good,…

Steven Hyden

and Genevieve Koski

PublishedNovember 2, 2012

10/9/12

Prince’s Batman soundtrack is not the embarrassment it’s reputed to be

In We’re No. 1, Steven Hyden examines an album that went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts to get to the heart of…

Steven Hyden

PublishedOctober 9, 2012

9/28/12

A look at the Hot 100 includes “As Long As You Love Me” and, inevitably, “Gangnam Style”

Every month, A.V. Club writers Genevieve Koski and Steven Hyden explore the Billboard charts in search of the good,…

Steven Hyden

and Genevieve Koski

PublishedSeptember 28, 2012

9/11/12

Boston’s blockbuster debut proved a tough act to follow on deadline

In We’re No. 1, Steven Hyden examines an album that went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts to get to the heart of…

Steven Hyden

PublishedSeptember 11, 2012

8/31/12

Tenacious D rocks WTF and Yvette Nicole Brown completes The J.V. Club’s Community trifecta

Hey, you like podcasts? Make sure you check out Reasonable Discussions, the A.V. Club podcast. Podmass comments can…

Trip Cook,

Oliver Sava,

Dan Telfer,

and D.X. Ferris

PublishedAugust 31, 2012

8/31/12

This Was Pop debates the appeal of Phillip Phillips, “Truck Yeah,” and more

A.V. Club writers Genevieve Koski and Steven Hyden have decided to explore the Billboard charts every month in…

Steven Hyden

and Genevieve Koski

PublishedAugust 31, 2012

8/28/12

Foo Fighters’ debut was a bridge between Nirvana and mid-’90s alt-rock

Longtime readers of The A.V. Club might remember Permanent Records, a recurring feature that ran on the site in the…

Steven Hyden

PublishedAugust 28, 2012

8/14/12

The fake Beatles album Yesterday And Today once topped the charts

In We’re No. 1, Steven Hyden examines an album that went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts to get to the heart of…

Steven Hyden

PublishedAugust 14, 2012

7/27/12

This Was Pop gets snippy over Katy Perry, Pink, and more

A.V. Club writers Genevieve Koski and Steven Hyden have decided to explore the Billboard charts every month in…

Steven Hyden

and Genevieve Koski

PublishedJuly 27, 2012

7/18/12

Shut Up And Play The Hits

James Murphy didn’t direct Shut Up And Play The Hits, the documentary about the last concert performed by his band, L…

Steven Hyden

PublishedJuly 18, 2012

7/17/12

JEFF The Brotherhood: Hypnotic Nights

JEFF The Brotherhood graduates to a major label with the new Hypnotic Nights, but even with an assist from Black Keys

Steven Hyden

PublishedJuly 17, 2012

7/10/12

Trent Reznor made alt-rock’s last stand with The Fragile

In We’re No. 1, Steven Hyden examines an album that went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts to get to the heart of…

Steven Hyden

PublishedJuly 10, 2012