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Art by Wes FreedThe Hold Steady and Drive-By Truckers are about to redeem their chosen genre's decades-old bad reputation with the kickoff of their joint "Rock and Roll Means Well" tour. The first stop on the mission of do-goodery is tonight (October 30) in Louisville, Kentucky. The two bands will alternate opening and closing duties on the whole tour. And don't worry, Tad Kubler is back in action after recovering from pancreatitis.The Hold Steady resume headlining shows (and opening a few for Counting Crows) in December, and contribute a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Atlantic City" to the Heroes charity comp, out November 25. They also have a track on the recently released WFUV compilation.Finally, as a prelude to the "Rock and Roll Means Well" tour, lead Trucker Patterson Hood posted a list of his "Top Five Favorite the Hold Steady Songs (and why)" on the DBT website. Check it out!read more
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We’ve known for a while that the great New York rock band the Hold Steady has been working on a new album, as well as an all-covers crowdfunded benefit EP. And now we know the details: The new LP is called Teeth Dreams, and it’ll be out 3/25. The band once cranked out albums at [...]
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The Hold Steady: Crowdfund Covers EP With Cool Rewards
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The great Hold Steady spent some time recording in Nashville this year, and they’re planning on releasing their sixth album sometime in 2014. But they’ve also got a new project coming up: A five-song EP of covers, with each member of the band picking one cover. The EP is named The Unified Scene, after the [...]
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The Hold Steady have linked with SNL‘s Seth Meyers and Fallon producer Mike Shoemaker to craft the theme song for the duo’s animated Hulu series The Awesomes. The show is about a gang of misfit superheroes rejected from other squads for their age or particular peccadilloes, so a band like the Hold Steady are their [...]
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The Hold Steady: – “The Bear & The Maiden Fair”
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SPOILER ALERT: A new Hold Steady song played over the closing credits of last night’s Game Of Thrones. Does that count as a spoiler? It surprised the hell out of me. This comes on the heels of both CHVRCHES and Marissa Nadler covering the Game Of Thrones theme song; it also comes a season after [...]
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The Hold Steady: to record song for new series of 'Game Of Thrones'
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Band record 'The Bear With The Maiden Fair' for third series of hit US TV show
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