On the last night of the epic, opposite-of-disappointing Rock And Roll Means Well tour, the Hold Steady and the Drive-By Truckers closed out the extravaganza with "Killer Parties." It was glorious. I was there. And thanks to YouTube, you can be too -- most of the show is here . File firmly under: things I'm giving thanks for this year. See you next week, folks, and have a happy holiday.
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One of my current favorite live acts, The Hold Steady, hit The Phoenix in Toronto this week on a big double bill with southern indie rockers Drive-By Truckers.In honour of this I thought I'd give you my top 10 Hold Steady songs:10. Stevie Nix9. Magazines8. Stuck Between Stations7. Chillout Tent6. Girls Like Status5. Chips Ahoy!4. You Can Make Him Like You3. Your Little Hoodrat Friend2. Sequeste...
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In lieu of the news that Hold Steady has canceled their UK tour dates in order to let guitarist Tad Kubler recuperate from acute pancreatitis and my desire to incorporate any nutrition into Enough Cowbell, I figured a mix is in order to expedite his recovery.First, some details about acute pancreatitis…Kubler can look forward to [...]
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Just wanted to one of the bonus tracks off the retail version of The Hold Steady's brilliant 'Stay Positive'...enjoy! The Hold Steady - 'Ask Her For Adderall' MP3 ~~
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We've given you the Heroes comp in bits and pieces -- the Hold Steady covering Springsteen , Elbow's U2 , Lily on Clash duty , Hot Chip's Joy Division , etc. Now you can stream it from start (Beck covering Dylan) to finish (Franz Ferdinand covering Blondie) at MySpace . Heroes is out in the UK via Palrophone and the rest of the world via EMI on 2/16.
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So, we admit it: as a purely web-based entity, Pitchfork.tv is something of misnomer...that is, until now. Today we're thrilled to announce that our little video-centric baby will be making the leap from computer monitor to actual television screen, all thanks to an exclusive partnership with the Independent Film Channel (IFC).On August 24, IFC will premiere "Pitchfork Airwaves on IFC", a brand...
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The Hold Steady are a really great band. It took me a while to realize that for some reason, longer than it took Bruce Springsteen, anyways. Some time last year when Stay Positive was released something clicked between me and the Hold Steady; something genuine and great which rock and roll music doesn't make me feel very often anymore. To be sure, The Hold Steady are an American Rock and Roll b...
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At the Pitchfork Music Festival the VIP pass is good for two things and two things only: FREE beer and Chipotle burritos. Sure you get to hobknob with the indie rock cool crowd and hi-5 the Ice Cream man, but nothing beats the taste of a nice wheat 312 or a filling burrito on a hot (rainy) summer day. So when some pals fell short we had to get crafty …really crafty. Thank God for the rain. Whi.
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To me...this is the perfect cover.Because to me, the Hold Steady write better songs about the American experience than any artist I can think of since vintage Bruce Springsteen.I have written what feels like VOLUMES about how much I love this band...so I will spare you the wordage and get right to the songThe Hold Steady covering the Violent Femmes
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My buddy who works at Letterman warned me about the Hold Steady's sketch on the late show a few days back. Yesterday when all the blogs made the rounds reporting on the Andy Kindler funny spot I scoured YouTube but to no avail. Only the actual performance was up. Sometime last evening the YouTube gods delivered. Here is the Hold Steady at their finest (I'm liking the new single "Sequestered in...
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Baseball season is upon us, and even though it snowed in Minnesota yesterday our baseball team won their home opener. How can this possibly be music news, well at the seventh inning stretch, Twins fans were given the pleasure of listening to the Hold Steady perform their rendition of Take Me Out To The Ball Game.Frontman Craig Finn has a great appreciation for the Minnesota Twins, and anyone wh...
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Heading out to explore my new surroundings in Hollywood...and this song seemed pretty appropriate...
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These video interviews are killer! Enjoy....on meeting heroes:http://mog.com/mogtv/hold_steady1on stay positive, their new album:http://mog.com/mogtv/hold_steady2on their favorite musichttp://mog.com/mogtv/hold_steady3on rock and religionhttp://mog.com/mogtv/hold_steady4
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I have just about 2 and 1/2 months to get my liver into game shape! It's like I have died and gone to bar band heaven....the Drive By Truckers AND The Hold Steady touring together...there is a god...and he likes beer! Thu Oct 30 Louisville KY COYOTE'S @ CITYBLOCKThe Hold Steady (HS Closes)Fri Oct 31Nashville TNRYMAN AUDITORIUMThe Hold Steady (DBT Closes)Sat Nov 01Atlanta GATABERNACLEThe ...
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I just thought it was a good afternoon for some Hold Steady wisdom.A thousand kids will fall in love in all these clubs tonight...
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