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The Hold Steady, a five-piece based in New York, soon rose to the top with their much talked about album, Separation Sunday, on French Kiss Records. On 2005 "best of" lists in publications like The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Magnet and The Onion, Separation Sunday captivated critics with its cheeky bar banter and raucous rock and roll edge.
The group's lead singer and lyricist Craig Finn and lead guitarist Tad Kubler first collaborated in Minneapolis, MN, in 1998 as Lifter Puller. After they moved to New York in 2000, they evolved into what has become The Hold Steady, where offbeat literary spoken word meets boozy guitar-rock shenanigans became their calling card.
2006 finds the band hitting the road again, doing some dates with label mate Les Savy Fav in the U.S. and Australia. They also head back into the studio to record their next album, which is tentatively scheduled for a Fall 2006 release. —JM |
