Philly-based photographer Michael T. Regan shot The Hold Steady at the World Cafe Live last May and has some stellar pictures to prove it. View Slideshow »

The best-reviewed band of the past ten years, The Hold Steady, has a new album coming out next week, but you lucky folks can hear the whole thing right now on MySpace. It’s called Stay Positive and it sounds quite fabulous. Back in 2004, I called the band an “acquired taste,” but their sound has [...]