The Hold Steady’s New Equation
Two things define nearly every song in The Hold Steady repertoire—speak/sing vocals with incredible lyrics from Craig Finn and the thrashing guitar of Tad Kubler. Combine them, and you get The Hold Steady.
Two things define nearly every song in The Hold Steady repertoire—speak/sing vocals with incredible lyrics from Craig Finn and the thrashing guitar of Tad Kubler. Combine them, and you get The Hold Steady.
Atmospheric pads introduce vocal repetition, auto-tune and kick-snare-snare. Jeb Roadie enters, offers his story, whips out some clever lines, some clichés, and exits.
Wednesday night at Neumos, it’s going to get weird. Like, really weird. Berlin-based garage rock King Khan & the Shrines are nearing the end of their U.S. tour with fairly unknown opener Red Mass and will be joined by local-Seattle psychedelic sons The Night Beats.
Dayton, Ohio Indie rock legends Guided By Voices seem indestructible. Since forming in 1983 the band has endured countless years of obscurity, constant and frequent lineup changes and a brief hiatus at the beginning of the 2000s, all before reuniting in 2010 and releasing six of their best albums between 2012 and 2014, including this year’s recent addition, Motivational Jumpsuit.
Motivational Jumpsuit was released in February 2014 and it’s the band at its best, whipping through songs in a charged, melodic way, with Robert Pollard not pausing for a minute to let anyone who falls behind catch up.