“The Hold Steady continue to prove themselves a more convincing classic-rock act than should be possible in 2008, creating a tension between old-fashioned storytelling and self-referential art.”
“Right now, no band displays the ranting soul, haunted heart or diseased liver of the American rock myth with more truth and empathy than the Hold Steady. The Brooklyn band’s fourth set — their most adventurous yet — shows their loser-outlaw storytelling and classic riff propulsion in full flower. It’s a punk-weaned, 21st-century version of […]”
