The Hold Steady Test Their Hometown Fans at ShowFor a bit, it was business as usual: Finn herking and jerking as the band churned behind him, shuffling his feet like he was building up static energy, doing those dainty little one-eighth claps.
Russell Crowe to Rock Tights?While promoting his new movie 3:10 To Yuma, Christian Bale “let slip” that his co-star Russell Crowe would also be appearing with him in the forthcoming Batman sequel, The Dark Knight. We suspect he may have been joking.
Jennifer Aniston Falls for Steve ZahnPlus industry news on James Cameron’s next movie, William H. Macy’s next TV show, and the Hold Steady’s next tour partner.
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Rockers Indulge Their Malevolent Inner CriticsThere’s nothing like a good, mean-spirited, convention-bucking story to get you past the Thursday-morning doldrums. A riveting recent piece in the U.K.’s Guardian Unlimited asked popular musicians (New Order’s Peter Hook, Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos, the Hold Steady’s Craig Finn, and others) to pan classically revered albums from the annals of rock, which they did with evil aplomb.