Debut album from ex-Lifter Puller Craig Finn's new band, The Hold Steady. Here, Finn provides a stream-of-conscious vocal line -- always honest, always brutal -- over a ragged b, late of '70s rock. (Finn's delivery sounds a little like Lou Reed a la "New York.") The Hold Steady dishes out straight up rock 'n' roll that is, dare we say, almost rousing. "The Hold Steady is a bar band out to erase the memory of electroclash and wake up somnambulant hipsters dancing to minimal German DJ's wearing electrical ta...   [ read more ]

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A spectacular jump forward from "Hey Now Now," The Cloud Room return from various disasters with their self-released EP, Please Don't Almost Kill Me, exclusively sold by Insound. The band expands its otherwordly knack for hooks and envelops it in a sprawling Krautrock-Eno-Tropicalia rave-up.

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'Born in New York, singer/songwriter David Mead's family relocated to Nashville, where he spent the majority of his formative years, honing his craft in pop bands such as Verdant Green, Blue Million, and Joe, Marc's Brother. Mead eventually ventured out on his own, collaborating on a demo of his songs with local keyboardist Jason Lehning. The recording subsequently landed him in the offices of RCA Records, where he performed his tunes alone with a guitar. The label signed him shortly thereafter. With the ...   [ read more ]

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