Craig Finn

[Coachella 2009] Everything New Is Old Again--and Vice Versa

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The Hold Steady

Get Out!

Non-vomitingly
Feb. 23 - March 2

Help the Jakes Get In a Video Game

Newport Beach's the Jakes have had all sorts of neat things happen to them so far in their relatively young career--opening up for Kings of Leon, getting on The Real World, airplay on KROQ's Locals Only, making the OC Music Awards "Best Live Band" finals--but they haven't been in a video game. Yet.

[Year In Review] The Top 10 Songs of the Decade

Newport Beach's the Jakes have had all sorts of neat things happen to them so far in their relatively young career--opening up for Kings of Leon, getting on The Real World, airplay on KROQ's Locals Only, making the OC Music Awards "Best Live Band" finals--but they haven't been in a video game. Yet.

The Hold Steady Are Older, Wiser

In maturing, the band's sound is (ahem) steadier, but no less raucous

Why The Hold Steady Don't Have Songs About Immigrants or Anthony Lane

Mark Seliger Craig's in the glasses, not the turtleneck.​The Hold Steady are one of the best rock bands of the past decade--yes, we'll fight you on that--and they'll be playing at the relatively itsy-bitsy Detroit Bar tomorrow night. In this week's print edition of the Weekly, we wrote about what ... More >>

The Hold Steady at Detroit Bar Last Night

Spencer Kornhaber / OC WeeklyA view few saw.​The Hold Steady with JaillAugust 25, 2010Detroit Bar, Costa MesaPeople, including members of the Hold Steady, like to say that the Minneapolis-via-Brooklyn quartet is essentially a well-bred "bar band." That's not right at all, though. A Hold Stead ... More >>