The Hold Steady News

Check out the Dave Matthews Band's video for their newest single, "Funny The Way It Is". It's the first video from DMB's new album Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King and was directed by Fenton Willi...
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The sources of new music for me are many. Recommendations from friends, reading music reviews, and once in a while, a chance radio experience. While listening to the local college station here in...
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The organizers of Record Store Day have been happily overwhelmed by a steady flurry of support and activity from artists, record labels and retailers wishing to participate in the annual event in s...
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Bruce Springsteen and the beach are intrinsically linked. Imagine the Bruce of the 1970s chasing girls on a Jersey boardwalk, getting sand stuck in the scruff of his lazy beard and evading the pus...
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The Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn has accused fellow rockers Motley Crue of "embarrassing" the music industry by failing to age gracefully. In a blistering attack on the music industry, the rocke...
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Hard Rock International differentiates itself with Rock, but philanthropy is the company's soul. Hard Rock has remained true to its "Love All, Serve All" creed since the company's founding in 1971...
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The Hold Steady rocker Craig Finn is going back to college to pass on his musical knowledge to eager students. The frontman will return to his alma mater, Boston College in Massachusetts, on Sept...
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Fresh off their 'Direct Hit' performance on Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Art Brut return to the US this September for a slew US festivals and a handful of dates in between. Art Brut are cur...
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This Is NEXT is a new compilation series showcasing today's best independent artists. Based on the model of the popular NOW That's What I Call Music series and inspired by the success of 2004's Gar...
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Eddie Vedder, Sonic Youth, Jack Johnson and Willie Nelson are among the stars who have contributed covers of Bob Dylan songs for a new movie centred around the legendary rocker. Director Tod...
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The White Stripes are the best touring band to see live, according to a new poll. The duo, Jack and Meg White, beat Radiohead, Pearl Jam and the newly-reunited Rage Against The Machine in the onlin...
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Tickets are now officially on sale for Lollapalooza 2007, August 3-5 in Chicago’s Grant Park. Among the 120-plus artists are behemoths Pearl Jam — in their sole U.S. show this year — as well as Daf...
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Superfly Productions and A.C. Entertainment are proud to announce the initial lineup for the 2007 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The sixth annual four-day camping and music festival will be held...
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In October, Justin Hawkins, lead singer of The Darkness, announced that he's leaving the band because he can't live the rock 'n' roll lifestyle again after completing rehab... Weird Al Yankovic's W...
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Bob Dylan's Modern Times has been hailed the year's best album by rock bible Rolling Stone. The folk-rock icon's acclaimed album beat the Red Hot Chili Pepper's Stadium Arcadium and Sonic Youth's R...
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Activision, Inc. is rocking gamers with an all-star musical line-up for the upcoming Tony Hawk’s Project 8 video game, including the debut of a track from the highly anticipated Plus-44 album, When...
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