The Hold Steady

Album Review: Craig Finn – Clear Heart Full Eyes

You know how every Hold Steady song begins with frontman Craig Finn telling a story over slowly building guitar riffs, before the band explodes into an epic, sing-along hook? Now imagine that minus the epic explosion. That’s Finn’s solo album, Clear Heart Full Eyes in a nutshell.

The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn – “New Friend Jesus” & “Honolulu Blues”

The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn is going solo, and he has an album called Clear Heart Full Eyes full of his classic story-songs and jammy folk-rock guitar interplay to prove…

The Hold Steady – Heaven Is Whenever, Album Review

The Hold Steady: Tour Dates

With a new record (Heaven is Whenever) coming out on May 4th, the Hold Steady have taken to the road to promote it the old fashioned way.

New The Hold Steady “Hurricane J”

“Hurricane J” is the first single off the Hold Steady’s forthcoming full-length Heaven Is Whenever. The album is out May 4th in the US through Vagrant and May 3rd in…

Best Album of 2006 Poll

Best Albums of 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 Alright guys, we’ve made it to 2006. You…

The Hold Steady Tours, Covers Springsteen, Makes Documentary

The Hold Steady, one of the greatest and most consistent rock bands of this generation, is releasing a live documentary called A Positive Rage, which, considering their live reputation, should…

What’s Going On?

In NY: The Bowery Ballroom is the place to be this week, with shows from The Rosebuds (Friday night), FRIGHTENED RABBIT (!) (Saturday night), and Department of Eagles (Monday night),…