Review: Hold Steady - Stay Positive

Fourth time's a charm.

Published: 2008-07-17 Provider: Crave Online

Stay Positive by The Hold Steady

This is the fourth album for the Brooklyn, New York, indie rock quintet. [Rock, Indie]

Published: 2008-07-15 Provider: Metacritic

The Hold Steady: all about the party, and what comes after

Music & nightlifeBrooklyn rock group the Hold Steady plays Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party at 9 p.m. Saturday, July 26.

Published: 2008-07-25 Provider: Seattle Times

It's a big (Vampire) Weekend for music, and Capitol Hill

Music & nightlifeThe Capitol Hill Block Party, with Vampire Weekend, DeVotchKa, Les Savy Fav, the Hold Steady, Girl Talk, Chromeo, Kimya Dawson, Fleet Foxes and Menomena, is July 25 and 26 on Seattle's Capitol Hill.

Published: 2008-07-25 Provider: Seattle Times

The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn: “Dylan’s Superhuman”

Craig Finn, the singer, guitarist and lyricist for Brooklyn band the Hold Steady, heard plenty of legends about Bob Dylan while growing up in Minnesota. “When you deal with Dylan, there’s a lot of legend, very much by his own design. When people meet celebrities they say, ‘Oh, he’s just a normal guy.’ Dylan’s not a normal guy. He’s superhuman.” Click below for more from Finn’s interview from the current issue, including which Replacement he used to dress like, how he embraced Led Zeppelin late and some of the secrets of the lyrics on Stay Positive. • Q&A: Craig Finn of the Hold Steady [Photo: Lucy Hamblin]

Published: 2008-07-30 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

New Music Report: The Hold Steady’s “Stay Positive”

In this week’s New Music Report, RollingStone.com’s Kyle Anderson gives his thoughts on the Hold Steady’s new album Stay Positive. The new album builds upon the greatness of the group’s previous record Boys and Girls in America, but does it eclipse it? Click above for all the details about one of the finest albums of the year so far. • Review: The Hold Steady’s Stay Positive (4 stars) >>Watch every episode of our weekly New Music Report video podcast by subscribing via iTunes (when prompted, click “Launch application”). Every Tuesday, a new episode will be delivered to your iTunes. [If you don’t have iTunes, download it here. [Video: Pete Maiden]

Published: 2008-07-15 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Videos, New Music Report

On the Charts: Controversy Doesn’t Keep Nas Out of First Place

The Big News: It took an Untitled album to finally unseat Lil Wayne and Coldplay from the chart’s upper echelon, as Nas‘ latest debuted in the top spot with 187,000 copies. Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III dropped to number two, selling another 105,000 copies while the Mamma Mia soundtrack rose from seven to three, selling 91,000 units. Coldplay’s Viva La Vida finally fell out of the top two after five weeks, dropping to four, while the Camp Rock soundtrack rounded out the top five. Debuts: John Mellencamp’s Life, Death, Love and Freedom debuted at seven, selling 56,000 copies. David Banner’s The Greatest Story Ever Told, despite his problems with our review, landed at eight. Frat rockers O.A.R. grabbed thirteen with All Sides, the Kraftwerkian Dark Knight soundtrack took 20 and the Hold Steady’s Stay Positive came in at 30. Last Week’s Heroes: With three debuts in the top ten, there was some reshuffling atop the charts. Beck’s Modern Guilt was the biggest victim, dropping from four to 16 thanks to a 66% sales dip. G-Unit’s T.O.S. suffered a similar fate, falling from nine to 24. Next week, we’ll find out if Miley Cyrus can retake her charts throne, and how many copies Nine Inch Nails‘ physical version of free album The Slip will sell. [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-07-23 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Chart Roundup

The Hold Steady Star: 'Motley Crue Are Embarrassing The Industry'

The Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn has accused fellow rockers Motley Crue of "embarrassing" the music industry by failing to age gracefully. In a blistering attack on the music industry, the rocker also accuses funk metallers the Red Hot Chili Peppers of being "bland".[...] Read more!

Published: 2008-03-12 Provider: StarPulse

The Hold Steady To Support Art Brut

The Hold Steady announced today that it will soon be joining Art Burt on an irony-laden U.S. tour dubbed the NME Rock 'N' Roll Riot Tour.

Published: 2007-08-20 Provider: Artist Direct

Cold War Kids, Roots, Hold Steady, Tokyo Police Club Heat Up Lollapalooza's Day Two

Lollapalooza's second day has a threat of rain, but the crowd was rocked by early sets from Cold War Kids, the Roots and others.

Published: 2007-08-04 Provider: VH1 Keywords: Vacation, Artist, Album, Cold, Kids, Used, VH1, War, to, We, Lollapaloozas, Lollapalooza, Nocturnal, Lineup, Movies, Police, Steady, April, Roots, State, Tokyo, 2007, Club, Heat, Hold, June, News, Rock, A-Z, Day, May, Two, on, TV, Up,

The 20 Best Live Bands Playing Right Now

This weekend’s rock list, Best Live Band Playing Right Now, got an awesome and terrifying response from you all - thanks for all the nominations. After careful consideration, here is our final list. Now go see these guys! 1. White Stripes 2. Radiohead 3. Pearl Jam 4. Rage Against the Machine 5. U2 6. Metallica 7. Flaming Lips 8. My Morning Jacket 9. The Hold Steady 10. Arcade Fire 11. The Raconteurs 12. Wilco 13. Yeah Yeah Yeahs 14. Red Hot Chili Peppers 15. Gogol Bordello 16. Kings of Leon 17. Muse 18. Dave Matthews Band 19. Tool 20. LCD Soundsystem Photo: AFP/STADLER/Getty

Published: 2007-07-24 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Weekend Rock List: Best Live Bands Playing Right Now

Between amphitheaters, major tours and giant festivals, summer is clearly designed for live music. So tell us which act you’ve seen lately that gave you that elusive wow-life-is-awesome sensation. Here are five bands we’re nominating: Arcade Fire Yeah Yeah Yeahs My Morning Jacket The Hold Steady The Raconteurs Photo: Winter/Getty

Published: 2007-07-21 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists