Stereogum — Back when the Hold Steady were the best rock band in the world, one of their most crucial members was keyboardist Franz Nicolay, who added pounding Roy Bittan-esque pianos to their records and unbounded enthusiasm to their live shows. Nicolay left th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Hold Steady recorded a cover of Billy Squier's "Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You" a few years ago for the RAGS EP sessions, but in honor of the holiday season, they've put it up for... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Patrick Stickles at Webster Hall earlier this month (more by Amanda Hatfield) Titus Andronicus have announced a 2016 tour in continued support of this year's rock opera, The Most Lamentable Tragedy. Support comes from The Hold Steady frontman ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 6th annual Brooklyn Rock Lottery will happen December 12 at Knitting Factory. The premise, as always, is this:The Rock Lottery premise is simple, but effective. Twenty-five hand picked musicians meet at 10:00AM at the evenings performance venue. ... more info

Stereogum — The Brooklyn iteration of the Rock Lottery is returning for the sixth time this year, with everything is going down next month on 12/12 at the Knitting Factory. In case you need a refresher on how the roulette-style project works, or you never knew i... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Craig w/ The Hold Steady in Queens in 2014 (more by PSquared) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Craig Finn, Esme Patterson @ Bowery Ballroom Craig Finn... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher The Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn releases his next solo album Faith In The Future on September 11 via Partisan (pre-order), and now the whole thing is streaming in full. Craig's in Springsteen mode a lot of... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Craig w/ The Hold Steady in Queens in 2014 (more by PSquared) We knew The Hold Steady's Craig Finn would be touring this fall in support of his new solo album Faith In The Future (due 9/11 via Partisan),... more info

Stereogum — Bret Easton Ellis has a podcast now, and he recently had Craig Finn of the Hold Steady as a guest. Ellis has previously enlisted musicians like Kanye West, Matt Berninger of the National, and Kurt Vile. Ellis and Finn discuss bands like the Clash and... more info

Stereogum — The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn recently announced plans to release Faith In The Future, his second solo album, and we’ve already posted first single “Newmyer’s Roof.” And now Finn has shared another one, “Maggie, I’ve Been Searching For O... more info