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We've been hearing (and seeing) Stay Positive songs for awhile now, but the Hold Steady's barroom anthemics go over well in hotter weather, so it doesn't seem unnecessary for them to stop by Yahoo's The New Now to do "Sequestered In Memphis," "Lord, I'm Discouraged," and "Constructive Summer." Craig and Tad also sit down for an interview about their beginnings, etc. The tone of that talk and of the copy that accompanies the clips seems to be aimed at folks who might not know Brooklyn is "also known as East Coast hipster central" (for the record, it's also where my parents grew up and they are decidedly not hipsters) and that: One of the problems with so-called indie rock is often artists who are grouped under that banner are too concerned with being cool and/or are afraid to completely rock out for the fear that they'll lose their hip standing and might come off sounding too much like the classic rockers that their parents like.Take a look, but try not to lose your hip standing.Continue reading The Hold Steady Remind You To Have A "Constructive Summer," Among Other Things, At Yahoo...
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The Hold Steady: Announce New Album Teeth Dreams On New Label
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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: – “Let’s Get Awesome!” Video
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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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