Tag: The Hold Steady
The Hold Steady “The Weekenders” Live Acoustic Set
I don’t know that The Hold Steady will ever top 2006’s Boys and Girls in America (though Stay Positive came very close), but they have managed a steady stream of solid, Post-Springsteen indie-rock since then. Above, the band perform an acoustic version of “The Weekenders” from their latest full length, Heaven is Whenever, live from [...]
Posted: June 11th, 2010 under Random Poprok.
Tags: Heaven is Whenever, The Hold Steady, The Weekenders
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The Hold Steady “Atlantic City” Bruce Springsteen Heroes Cover
Keeping with the Bruce Springsteen day surely everyone in America is having, I figured I’d stay in theme and post about that Hold Steady cover from the upcoming Heroes War Child compilation album. Put together by The War Child International charity, the album features cover versions of songs that are handpicked by the original artist. [...]
Posted: February 2nd, 2009 under New Music.
Tags: Atlantic City, Bruce Springsteen, The Hold Steady
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Entertainment Weekly’s “Indie Rock 25″
Entertainment Weekly named the 25 definitive indie rock albums of the last 25 years, one album per year. There were some rules, like “the term ‘band’ must be taken literally (thus eliminating otherwise unimpeachable artists like Elliott Smith, Sufjan Stevens, and Cat Power),” and “the bands had to have signed to an independent label for [...]
Posted: March 20th, 2008 under Random Poprok.
Tags: Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, Interpol, Radiohead, Spoon, The Hold Steady, The Indie Rock 25, The Shins
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