The Gaslight Anthem, 'American Slang' - First Listen

The first time a lot of people heard of The Gaslight Anthem was when Bruce Springsteen joined them onstage at Glastonbury 2009 – but they’d already built up a passionate fanbase long before that on the strength of second album ‘The ’59 Sound’, originally released in 2008. Like The Hold Steady (who also have a new album out imminently), the New Jersey punks blend elements of positive hardcore with big-hearted, Springsteen-indebted lyrics. Consequently their gigs tend to be populated ...

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