Has 2026 Been A Good Year For Music? Plus: New Albums by Death Cab For Cutie, Modest Mouse, and Deer Tick
6/5/202658 min
This week's conversation begins with Steven telling a story about a very mean email he got from a publicist this week (2:00), followed by Ian talking about his trip to an historic studio down south (9:30). After that, they do an update of the fantasy albums draft (17:56) before assessing the state of music in 2026 so far, ahead of revealing their mid-year lists next week (23:09). Then they run down the week's new releases, including new releases by Modest Mouse, Converge, Deer Tick and Lizzo (31:05). They also discuss the new record by Death Cab for Cutie (41:06). In Recommendation Corner, Ian recommends Greg Mendez and Steven recommends Futurebirds (50:48).
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First 90 secondsSteven Hyden· Host0:00
Indiecast is presented by Amazon Music. [rock music] Hello, everyone, and welcome to Indiecast. On this show, we talk about the biggest indie news of the week, review albums, and we hash out trends. In this episode, we talk about Death Cab for Cutie and new albums from Modest Mouse, Deer Tick, and Widowspeak. My name is Steven Hyden, and I'm joined by my friend and cohost. He's going to keep me from offending any publicist this week, Ian Cohen. Ian, how are you?
Ian Cohen· Host0:35
So i- in the world of sober living, sometimes they'll have people who graduate from those programs become recovery coaches in the house, and that's what I'm feeling like right now. [laughs] It's a, [laughs] you know, it's, it's... I, I never would've thought, uh, in a million years- But you're the good cop ... I, I know. What, like, what- You're the good cop now.
Steven Hyden· Host0:53
I... Who would've thought- [laughs] If you looked at our careers- [laughs] ... your background at Pitchfork. You were known as the Hammer- Yeah ... at Pitchfork in the 2010s. Now you're the good cop. You're, you're, you're the Danny Glover, and I'm the Mel Gibson. Or another- [laughs] Oh, yeah.
Ian Cohen· Host1:09
Maybe, maybe you want a retra- [laughs] Well, it, I, the, the, the Roger Murtaugh and the...
Steven Hyden· Host1:14
I can't remember Mel Gibson's character's name in Lethal Weapon. Do you know that?
Ian Cohen· Host1:17
Riggs? I, I, I, I- Riggs, Riggs.
Steven Hyden· Host1:19
Martin Riggs. That's it.
Ian Cohen· Host1:20
Yes.
Steven Hyden· Host1:20
Riggs. Um, another analogy I thought of was back in the 2010s when Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose