the hold steady

by Matt Kelchner On Saturday night, Vancouver duo Japandroids took the stage for the second of back to back shows at Union Transfer. Riding high on the release of Near to the Wild Heart of Life, their recently released third album, David Prowse and Brian King unleashed a Read More

by Jane Roser A dash of punk, a swirl of country and a bucketload of awesome is the best way to describe singer/songwriter Cory Branan’s fourth album, The No-Hit Wonder, produced by Paul Ebersold and released August 19th on Bloodshot Records. Returning to his Southern roots Read More

by Matt Kelchner I don’t know how Craig Finn, lead singer of The Hold Steady, does it. His band has spent the last several years touring relentlessly and he still comes out every night with the energy and spunk that a band typically has in their first year. This year alone The Read More

by Matt Kelchner After a very successful PledgeMusic campaign and a new EP last year, The Hold Steady return this year with their sixth studio album, Teeth Dreams. This year also marks the 10th year anniversary of the band, another milestone most bands cannot say they’ve met. Read More

The Hold Steady Teeth Dreams Reviewed by: Stephen Krock   The Hold Steady returns with their first full-length album in four years. And they have come to rock. Well. Not so much rock as wobble back and forth. Teeth Dreams is rife with excellent guitar riffs and the unique Read More

By: Avalon Lee Talented, kind, genuine, a mentor; these are the words those closest to Mike Van Jura use to define him. Known to his blog followers as “Jersey Mike”, this Harrisburg man never left his New Jersey roots behind. Harrisburg, however, could not have asked for anything Read More