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Steven Hyden (@Steven_Hyden) is a staff writer at Grantland.

R.I.P., George Jones: Hard-Living, Hard-Drinking Country Music Legend
George Jones died today inside a hospital in Nashville. His exit from the world was not uncommon for an 81-year-old man: He was sick — with a fe...
By Steven Hyden, Hollywood Prospectus
Ten Years in the Digital Ether
Was iTunes just a stopgap in the music-consumption revolution?
By Steven Hyden
RIP, Storm Thorgerson, Legendary Album Cover Artist
If you're not familiar with Storm Thorgerson, just know that he earned the right to be named "Storm Thorgerson." The most famous album-cover artist of...
By Steven Hyden, Hollywood Prospectus
Rock Memoir Book Club: Rex Brown's Official Truth, 101 Proof: The Inside Story of Pantera
Welcome to Rock Memoir Book Club! This is where I read rock memoirs — because, post–Keith Richards's Life, there are suddenly a lot of roc...
By Steven Hyden, Hollywood Prospectus
Billy Joel in Winter
It's been 20 years since the Piano Man has released an album of new songs. Has that been good for his legacy?
By Steven Hyden
Songs of the Week: The National Battle Middle-Aged "Demons," the Return of Paramore, and a Bonus Coachella Playlist
Queens of the Stone Age, My God Is the Sun Queens of the Stone Age's forthcoming ... Like Clockwork is my favorite album of 2013. Now, I haven't ...
By Steven Hyden, Hollywood Prospectus
Overplayed Song of the Week: Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive"
Weeks on Chart: 31 Peak: No. 7 on Billboard's Hot 100, April 13, 2013 Current Radio Play Frequency: N/A YouTube Hit Count: 19,206,180 at time of pu...
By Steven Hyden, Hollywood Prospectus
Coachella Blues
The not-quite-rising Phoenix, the reunited Postal Service, and the diminishing returns of the music festival industrial complex.
By Steven Hyden
Kurt Vile Keeps It Low-Key with Wakin on a Pretty Daze
Kurt Vile looks the way his music sounds. Modestly built with weary yet intense eyes obscured by long tangles of stoner-guy locks, he's a walking mumb...
By Steven Hyden, Hollywood Prospectus
No Crossover
The Band Perry courts a country audience that Kacey Musgraves and Ashley Monroe would rather leave behind.
By Steven Hyden

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R.I.P., George Jones: Hard-Living, Hard-Drinking Country Music Legend

George Jones died today inside a hospital in Nashville. His exit from the world was not uncommon for an 81-year-old man: He was sick — with a fe...

Ten Years in the Digital Ether

Was iTunes just a stopgap in the music-consumption revolution?

RIP, Storm Thorgerson, Legendary Album Cover Artist

If you're not familiar with Storm Thorgerson, just know that he earned the right to be named "Storm Thorgerson." The most famous album-cover artist of...

Rock Memoir Book Club: Rex Brown's Official Truth, 101 Proof: The Inside Story of Pantera

Welcome to Rock Memoir Book Club! This is where I read rock memoirs — because, post–Keith Richards's Life, there are suddenly a lot of roc...

Billy Joel in Winter

It's been 20 years since the Piano Man has released an album of new songs. Has that been good for his legacy?

Songs of the Week: The National Battle Middle-Aged "Demons," the Return of Paramore, and a Bonus Coachella Playlist

Queens of the Stone Age, My God Is the Sun Queens of the Stone Age's forthcoming ... Like Clockwork is my favorite album of 2013. Now, I haven't ...

Overplayed Song of the Week: Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive"

Weeks on Chart: 31 Peak: No. 7 on Billboard's Hot 100, April 13, 2013 Current Radio Play Frequency: N/A YouTube Hit Count: 19,206,180 at time of pu...

Coachella Blues

The not-quite-rising Phoenix, the reunited Postal Service, and the diminishing returns of the music festival industrial complex.

Kurt Vile Keeps It Low-Key with Wakin on a Pretty Daze

Kurt Vile looks the way his music sounds. Modestly built with weary yet intense eyes obscured by long tangles of stoner-guy locks, he's a walking mumb...

No Crossover

The Band Perry courts a country audience that Kacey Musgraves and Ashley Monroe would rather leave behind.

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George Jones died today inside a hospital in Nashville. His exit from the world was not uncommon for an 81-year-old man: He was sick &#8212; with a fe...

Was iTunes just a stopgap in the music-consumption revolution?

If you're not familiar with Storm Thorgerson, just know that he earned the right to be named "Storm Thorgerson." The most famous album-cover artist of...

Welcome to Rock Memoir Book Club! This is where I read rock memoirs &#8212; because, post&#8211;Keith Richards's Life, there are suddenly a lot of roc...

It's been 20 years since the Piano Man has released an album of new songs. Has that been good for his legacy?

Queens of the Stone Age, My God Is the Sun Queens of the Stone Age's forthcoming ... Like Clockwork is my favorite album of 2013. Now, I haven't ...

Weeks on Chart: 31 Peak: No. 7 on Billboard's Hot 100, April 13, 2013 Current Radio Play Frequency: N/A YouTube Hit Count: 19,206,180 at time of pu...

The not-quite-rising Phoenix, the reunited Postal Service, and the diminishing returns of the music festival industrial complex.

Kurt Vile looks the way his music sounds. Modestly built with weary yet intense eyes obscured by long tangles of stoner-guy locks, he's a walking mumb...

The Band Perry courts a country audience that Kacey Musgraves and Ashley Monroe would rather leave behind.

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George Jones died today inside a hospital in Nashville. His exit from the world was not uncommon for an 81-year-old man: He was sick — with a fe...

Welcome to Rock Memoir Book Club! This is where I read rock memoirs — because, post–Keith Richards's Life, there are suddenly a lot of roc...