Cinema Blend - Think the big brothers of the Hold Steady. But the singer has a knack for sounding exceedingly like Elvis Costello, and when he makes it works for him, it turns those tracks into the album’s highlights. It’s not surprising that Nick Hornby has ...

Los Angeles Weekly - Gallery 1988 and dozens of artists pay tribute to the mighty Marvel mastermind with new works galore. Be. Hear. Now. Listen to the hottest bands and stay on the leading edge of LA's music scene with free streaming music from LA Weekly

Lincoln Journal Star - As far as live shows go, there's The Stooges and the Stax Revue from South By Southwest, Elvis Costello opening for Dylan at the Qwest, Jason Isbell at Knickerbockers and The Hold Steady at Sokol Underground for starters. What I'm looking for here is ...

San Francisco Weekly - Sometimes I'm amazed that there are 20 local knockoff versions of one artist (say, Queen), and not one of another. Where's the Berkeley Gnarls Barkley, the Redding Radiohead, the Healdsburg version of the Hold Steady? Are these bands so distinctive ...

Slate - My best albums list is, I'm afraid, a bit predictable, although some of the obvious biggies aren't there. (I admired but couldn't bring myself to love the ballyhooed albums by TV on the Radio and the Hold Steady.) Actually, my list isn't exactly ...

Slate - It must be asked why black artists who romanticize criminal culture, like 50cent, are considered artless, socially destructive thugs, but white artists who do the same, like Johnny Cash or The Hold Steady are celebrated for it? There HAS to be room ...

Columbia Spectator - A CMJ badge is an embarrassment of riches. Do I see the Hold Steady at the CMJ Day Stage, or Fountains of Wayne at Alice Tully Hall? A screening of No Direction Home, Martin Scorsese's Bob Dylan documentary, or a live set by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah ...

Dallas Observer - The memories of the Oarfolk folk, the Twin/Tone staff and fellow rockers from the Hold Steady's Craig Finn to Bob Mould to ex-Babe in Toyland Lori Barbero give the book its insider's perspective. From their mouths, the scene evolves from Catholic ...

Washington Post - The Brooklyn quintet the Hold Steady has perfected its brand of indie rock by way of Asbury Park, bashing out bar band anthems that sound so fantastic on record, there was every reason to expect that when played in an actual bar, the songs would be ...

MetroTimes - The Hold Steady: No business like snow business! American splendor The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn rekindles the fires of youthful indiscretion