The Hold Steady

Festival Review + Photography: The Current and Walker Art Center Presents Rock the Garden 2012 (Minneapolis)

Festival Review + Photography: The Current and Walker Art Center Presents Rock the Garden 2012 (Minneapolis)

Howler (Minneapolis), tUnE-yArDs (Oakland, CA), Doomtree (Minneapolis), Trampled By Turtles (Duluth, MN), The Hold Steady (Brooklyn, NY) June 16th, 2012 Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN 89.3 The Current  Full Gallery: Walker Art Center Rock the Garden 2012 The stage was set for one of the biggest shows of the summer and all eyes were on(…)

Review: The Hold Steady – Stay Positive (2008)

Review: The Hold Steady – Stay Positive (2008)

A couple years ago, Cursive responded to The Ugly Organ (Saddle Creek, 2003) with a definite political-themed album interspersed with their unique spinning of entangled tales. Intertwining references continued with their fourth album, Happy Hollow (Saddle Creek, 2006). Musically, not as diverse, yet just as inventive with its depth of unmatched storytelling. The same can(…)