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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Boys and Girls in America (recorded in the Summer of 2006 with John Agnello - Sonic Youth, Alice Cooper, Dinosaur Jr., Bob Dylan, etc.) is a quintessential sonic mission statement of the band - it's a true blue classic rock n roll record in the making - delivered by one of the nation's classic bands in the making. Thematically, the album addresses the travels and travails of the relationships between the x & y's of our great nation. The complex Catholicism meets character driven narrative of Separation Sun...   [ read more ]

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#37 Seller of 2005! After releasing their highly praised debut in 2004, this NYC act didn't waste any time getting back in the studio to record a follow up. Led by Craig Finn, ex-Lifter Puller, the band combines intelligent lyrics and ideas with solid classic rock musical foundation, replete with screaming guitar solos. Separation Sunday was co-produced by Dave Gardener (Rocket From The Crypt, Drive Like Jehu & Hot Snakes) & Dean Botulonis (also helmed the knobs & whistles for the Hold Steady's first recor...   [ read more ]

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