Stereogum — Joyously wordy bar-rock scavengers the Hold Steady haven't released a proper album since 2014's
Teeth Dreams
. They've been doing the thing where they celebrate album anniversaries by playing those albums in full. Frontman Craig Finn has been cranki... more info
Stereogum — The Hold Steady have been busy lately -- playing live shows, releasing recordings of those live shows, cranking out two-song singles. But they haven't released a full-length album since 2014's
Teeth Dreams
. In the time since that record, frontman C... more info
LargeHeartedBoy — Read a new short story by Joy Williams. Salon reconsidered the Hold Steady's Stay Positive album on its 10th anniversary. 40 "best books of 2018" lists were added to Largehearted Boy's master aggregation Saturday (bringing the total to 708),... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Friday's show options include Mitski, The Hold Steady, Peter Bjorn and John, Bob Dylan, The Internet, Andy Stott, Say Lou Lou, John Grant and more.
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Brooklyn Vegan — As promised, THS played Stay Positive in full for its 10th anniversary, as well as its three bonus tracks, and then did 14 more songs from all over their career. During the encore, they brought out Ted Leo to cover Thin Lizzy's 'Cowboy Song' with the... more info