Author Topic: The new Hold Steady album kinda blows.  (Read 4518 times)

jamesp

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Re: The new Hold Steady album kinda blows.
« Reply #15 on: August 19, 2008, 12:30:12 PM »
The Hold Steady and Drive-by Truckers announced a fall tour yesterday. Here are the dates, for anyone who's interested:

Hold Steady/Drive-By Truckers "Rock and Roll Means Well" tour:

10-30 Louisville, KY - Coyote's at City Block *
10-31 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium !
11-01 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle !
11-02 Tallahassee, FL - The Moon *
11-03 Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre !
11-05 State College, PA - The State Theatre *
11-06 New York, NY - Terminal 5 !
11-07 New York, NY - Terminal 5 *
11-08 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory !
11-09 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre *
11-11 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Theatre !
11-12 Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Music Hall *
11-13 Bloomington, IN - Bluebird !
11-13 Chicago, IL - Riviera *
11-15 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue !
11-16 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
11-19 Boise, ID - The Big Easy !
11-20 Seattle, WA - Showbox *
11-21 Seattle, WA - Showbox !
11-22 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
11-23 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore !
11-24 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore *
11-25 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern *

* the Hold Steady closing
! Drive-By Truckers closing


Matthew_S

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Re: The new Hold Steady album kinda blows.
« Reply #16 on: August 20, 2008, 09:42:51 AM »
Craig Finn and Tad Kubler, interviewed by Jesse Thorn on the Sound of Young America (includes a Ted Leo reference!)

http://media.libsyn.com/media/tsoya/tsoya080819_holdsteady.mp3


ericluxury

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Re: The new Hold Steady album kinda blows.
« Reply #17 on: August 20, 2008, 10:31:08 AM »
Never heard the first two, but Boys & Girls in America has really grown on me and I like most of it. I still skip a few but three songs from it are on my most played on itunes. However, the newest album is a big disappointment. The mix of big dumb rock and his overly poetic lyrics with a questionable voice walks a fine line. On the songs with a weaker hook, its boring college rock and in the songs with a too strong hook his voice seems out of place. Most of the songs in the new album fall on either one of those sides.

Bryan

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Re: The new Hold Steady album kinda blows.
« Reply #18 on: August 20, 2008, 11:38:39 AM »
I've never been able to get past the guy's voice to appreciate his apparently wonderful lyrics. And the music seems totally pedestrian.

I say fie on them!