In the years that followed, Nicolay has been prolific, releasing several solo recordings and collaborating with Anti-Social Music (the nonprofit new-music collective he founded in 2001) and others in dozens of studio and production sessions but in May, 2016, he opened the Hold Steady book again-or perhaps started Vol. I’d prefer to think of it as a closed book.” Cover image courtesy of The New Press
In the end, I felt I completed the work I needed to do with them. In an interview he did the following year with independent music site, he said, “I’m proud of the work we did together. Since then, it’s been dubbed one of the best albums of the 2000s by the likes of Pitchfork, Paste, and others.įollowing the release of The Hold Steady’s fourth album, Stay Positive in 2009, Nicolay (a particularly adventurous musician), left the band on amicable terms to work on new sounds and projects. Following two critically-acclaimed LPs, Almost Killed Me (2004) and Separation Sunday (2005), the band’s third album, Boys and Girls of America, would propel it from indie darlings to more mainstream success. Following their amazing set at Riot Fest Denver, we’re even more thrilled that the The Hold Steady will perform its seminal 2006 release, Boys and Girls In America, in its entirety at Riot Fest Chicago on Saturday September 17.Ĭomprised of vocalist Craig Finn, guitarist/vocalist Tad Kubler, keyboardist F ranz Nicolay (keyboards), bassist Galen Polivka, guitarist Steve Selvidge, The Hold Steady formed in 2004, and dedicated themselves to a blend of rock ‘n’ roll, indie, and narrative-style “bar rock” influenced by songwriters of decades past.
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