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The thinking man's bar band, the Hold Steady use a thundering classic-rock template--evoking everything from Boston to the Faces--as a base from which lead singer Craig Finn delivers his epic sung-spoken Springsteen-esque narratives of searching for faith and redemption at the bottom of an empty bottle. Refreshingly irony-free, the Hold Steady are one of the best reminders of rock & roll's classic spirit to have emerged in the early years of the new millennium.
Chill Out Tent
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I forget which sexy mega rock god said it, but it was someone suitably svelte and saturnine who said, “Anyone who tells you they got into a band for music and not to meet girls is lying.” Which must make it hard for The Hold Steady, because in this throng of 600 or so, I’ve counted 72 women. Boy that must be depressing. You’ve been on the road since September, the youthful sap is flowing, you’d like a cuddle at the end of the night and when you hit the stage what do you see? ... MORE
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