Brooklyn Vegan — words by Andrew Frisicano, photos by Jessica Amaya "About to see the hold mother fucking steady at music hall of wburg. I've been drinking all day in preparation." - David Chaitt The Hold Steady hosted a pair of NYC shows... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Hold Steady @ Rothbury 2009 (more by Graeme Flegenheimer) tonight in NYC * Gwar's Crack-a-thon * Todd Barry & Eugene Mirman @ Maxwell's * Yacht Rock w/ Ambrosia @ The Bell House * Culture Shock @ SUNY Purchase *... more info

Guardian Music — The complete list of the acts appearing at this year's festivalPyramid stageFriday 25 JuneU2Dizzee RascalVampire WeekendSnoop DoggWillie NelsonCorinne Bailey RaeFemi KutiTBA Saturday 26 JuneMuseScissor SistersSeasick SteveJackson BrowneLightning See... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — I was in a bad mood just moments earlier after my beloved headphones crocked, but now I am happy. The National have given away “Afraid Of Everyone” as a free download from High Violet. It’s the second freebie from the album, and the National jo... more info

Totally Fuzzy — MP3 MIX by Jensenbrazil said... Dave Brubeck - 1955 - Jazz- Red Hot And Cool The Bee Gees - 1993 - Size Isn't Everything Barry Manilow - 1994 - Singin' With The Big Bands Barbra Streisand - 1989 - Collection Ray Conniff - 1968 - Honey Elis Regina - 1... more info

411 Mania — Godspeed to reunite, Supergrass to split, Arcade Fire and Spike Jonze to work together, Dan Deacon remixes Owen Pallet, Malcolm McLaren dies, Wilco to curate their own festival as well as new music from The Hold Steady, Wolf Parade, Thom Yorke and LC... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Hold Steady have updated their tour schedule, which already included a NYC show at the Beacon Theatre on October 7th, with two more NYC gigs on Saturday, April 17th. That night they play an early show at Bowery... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — I got the new single for The Radio Dept. to share with you guys as a free legal mp3 download before I drive to Syracuse (I go to college at Binghamton remember) to catch The Hold Steady. It’s called “Never Follow Suit” and it will be on the Swe... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Stereogum has the exclusive to yet another track from The Hold Steady’s new album Heaven Is Whenever. Soon enough you may actually see a We All Want Someone To Shout For premier of one of their b-sides (yeah right). I am seeing them live tomorrow i... more info

Stereogum — We saw the Franz-less Hold Steady play “Barely Breathing” at their tour kick-off show in Ardsley. Craig Finn looked like he was having a great time, but it was hard to hear him singing over the video crackle. Now that we have this track, it’s c... more info