The Hold Steady
Heaven Is Whenever

There’s only one thing to know when going into The Hold Steady’s latest LP: Craig Finn is still writing long, biting lines that are more witty, litera...

With Franz Nicolay and his keyboards departed and Craig Finn taking singing lessons, The Hold Steady pushes past the parking lot and into the hard roc...

‘Hi, I'm Bill, and I'm a Hold Steady obsessive.’ Hi, Bill. ‘I'd been clean for about four months, until May 4. I wouldn't even let myself listen to th...

You?ll have caught the gist of The Hold Steady by now. Over their previous four albums the adopted Brooklynites have honed their one big idea to the e...

Brooklyn-based band the Hold Steady explores what happens when the party ends on fifth album "Heaven Is Whenever." The departure earlier this year of ...

The Hold Steady have always been something of a thinking man’s band. Over the course of their previous four albums lead singer and lyricist Craig Finn...

The Hold Steady perfects the rock & roll edge that doesn't actually cut, a sound embedded in enough classic rock to be instantly recognizable while ev...

Over the last handful of albums the band has been on top of the indie rock world. The band enjoyed the rare combination of both critical and fan accl...

alt="½" />Mixing blues with punk rock seems like an archaic form of expres­sion, but The Hold Steady seem to do it pretty well. The tales of drunk­e...

You wonder what comparisons The Hold Steady are more sick of now – the Bruce Springsteen ones or the "best bar band in America" ones. With their fift...