For at least the past 20 years, real lyric heads have known that the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle and the the Hold Steady’s Craig Finn are two of the best writers — arguably the two best writers — operating in the indie rock sphere. Darnielle and Finn have plenty more in common, too. They’re bo...

At least for me, one of the most endearing things about Seth Meyers is his enduring devotion to the Hold Steady. Anytime there’s any excuse to put the Hold Steady, the great American rock band, on television, Meyers makes sure they get booked for Late Night. Six months ago, frontman Craig Finn was on the show to play his solo song &...

The Hold Steady are a few weeks away from releasing their ninth studio album, The Price Of Progress. They’ve shared two singles from it so far, “Sideways Skull” and “Steady Sixers,” and here comes a third, “Understudies.”“This is sonically a leap from any song on the...

Yesterday was the NBA trade deadline, and a weird season got even weirder. The Brooklyn Nets’ owner, apparently acting out of frustration and pettiness, shipped his two superstars out of town and called it a day on the whole superteam thing. Russell Westbrook is now, finally, a man without a country. Various general managers threw all ...