Steven Hyden
| Steven Hyden | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 7, 1977 Appleton, Wisconsin |
| Occupation | Writer, music critic |
Steven Hyden (born September 7, 1977) is an American music critic. He currently works as a contributing writer at Pitchfork.[1] Hyden previously worked at Grantland as a staff writer and at the A.V. Club as an editor. His music criticism has been published in several other outlets including Rolling Stone, Slate, American Songwriter and Salon.com.[2][3][4][5] Additionally, Hyden co-wrote the book Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists.[6] In 2011, he published the e-book Whatever Happened To Alternative Nation?, a critical analysis and personal reflection on 1990s alternative rock that originally ran as a 10-part series at the A.V. Club. Hyden recently completed work on his first book, a collection of essays on music rivalries, which will be published by Little, Brown and Company in 2016.[7] He was born and raised in Wisconsin, and he graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.[8]