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Two years ago, great American rock band the Hold Steady released their album Open Door Policy, and it fucking ruled. The Hold Steady aren’t the hard-touring beast that they once were, but they still play transformative live shows, and they seem to be clicking into a nice rhythm lately. In the time since Open Door Policy, frontman Craig...

Last night, the Hold Steady, one of the greatest live bands on the planet, made their triumphant return to the Brooklyn Bowl, the venue that’s become their unofficial home base. The Hold Steady played pandemic-era livestreamed shows at the Brooklyn Bowl, and they’ve played other shows elsewhere since shows started happening, ...

The Hold Steady are one of our great live bands. A lot of that has to do with the group’s ability to connect with a sweaty, drunk, fired-up crowd — with the way people react to their big, surging moments and with the way that the Hold Steady react to people’s reactions. But even if you take the live-crowd energy out...