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Posted in music on February 1, 2011

The Hold Steady celebrated 8 years w/ 2 shows @ MHOW

The Hold Steady @ Northsix in 2007 (AngryCitizen)
Hold Steady

Brendan was at The Hold Steady's second of two shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg last night, 1/31, and had this to say:

"Remarkable set. One of my favorites, no doubt. Great crowd energy, band seemed to be having a great time. Keys or no keys, they still rule.

Craig noted that they played their first show there eight years ago to the day when it was North Six on January 31, 2003. Interesting that they're now closer to that lineup than they were for most of their existence. Full circle."

If you missed both shows, tickets are still on sale for their April 8th Terminal 5 gig.

Videos from the MHOW shows, including proof of Craig's comment about 8 years, and both setlists below...

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Hold Steady 8th Anniversary Positive Jam & Southtown Girls

The Hold Steady Intro Ask Her For Some Adderall Live 1 31 11

The Hold Steady - The Sweet Part of the City

The Hold Steady - You Gotta Dance (with who you came to the dance with)

1/30 setlist (via)
Staitions
Hurricane
Navy Sheets
Banging Camp
Constructive Summer
Hot Soft Light
You Gotta Dance
Sweet part of the City
You Can make Him
Rock problems
Stevie
Multitude
Chicago
Sequestered
We Can Get Together
Southtown
The Weekenders
Girls Like Status
The Swish
Chips Ahoy
ENCORE
Hornets
HoodRat
Resurrectiion
("and I think Stay Positive was in there somewhere...")

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1/31 setlist (via)
Adderall
The Swish
Magazines
Rock Problems
Hurricane J
Cattle
Barfruit
Sweet Part...
Same Kooks
Sequestered
Barely Breathing
Discouraged
Constructive
Chips Ahoy!
Stations
Stevie Nix
First Night
Ascension Blues
Massive Nights
Slapped Actress
ENCORE
Positive Jam
Southtown Girls
Most People are DJ's

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Tags: MHOW, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Northsix, The Hold Steady
posted at 4:08 PM on February 1, 2011 in music | Comments (23)

Comments (23)

...and they still suck.

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 4:10 PM

"..and they still suck."

I can't fathom anyone who has ever seen The Hold Steady live saying they suck.

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 4:14 PM

their live performance may be amazing, but i think their songs are terrible, which amounts to very little in my estimation

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 4:21 PM

This band is great live and on record. Some people are just no fun.

Those setlists look fucking awesome, so bummed I couldn't make it to either.

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 4:22 PM

looks like fun. pasty overweight men. bar rock. yes!

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 4:26 PM

bob mould is fully clothed crying in a shower somewhere

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 4:26 PM

^ Haha!

Hold Steady = A band I just don't get.

Glad you people had fun though.

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 4:32 PM

i have seen the hold steady more times than i have ever wanted to - and i can assure you...they suck.

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 4:57 PM

awesome band, bad set lists for both nights.....BRING FRANZ BACK!

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 5:02 PM

"i have seen the hold steady more times than i have ever wanted to - and i can assure you...they suck."

oh really? Are you a soundguy at a venue they play a lot or something? Otherwise please explain why you keep seeing a band that "sucks"

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 5:03 PM

I miss the keys, but they still scorched last night. And "adderall"was a perfect way to open.

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 5:07 PM

I dont know if it's a complement or a criticism, but this band really does hold steady

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 5:48 PM

I get it. The Hold Steady are very polarizing. Some people love them passionately and others don't get the appeal at all.

Every time there is a story about the Hold Steady the comments are exactly the same.

I agree with 5:02, this band needs Franz. Kicking him out (or publicly saying he wanted to move on, whatever) was the worst thing they ever did. The new album is total shit. I have seen them twice now promoting this record and they are just not the same without him.

Anyways, sorry. Please continue with the whole Hold Steady rules! Hold Steady sucks!

This conversation has really made me think. And poop.

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 5:48 PM

Have they stopped closing with Killer Parties? It's been a year or two since I last saw them so I may have lost track.

Posted by Josh | February 1, 2011 5:49 PM

If we simply stop giving them press coverage, The Hold Steady will fade away.

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 6:04 PM

I hate them. They are old.

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 6:12 PM

@5:49 Yeah, they stopped doing that a few years back. It had to go eventually, but it really was an unbelievable set closer. "And we're the hold steadyyyyy"

Posted by Paul | February 1, 2011 6:14 PM

They have no one on keys now? I saw them about a year ago in Albany and they had a keyboard player. Wasn't Franz, but they had someone.

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 6:16 PM

Yeah, the last time they came through, they had a random keyboard player. This time, it was more like the "Almost Killed Me" lineup.

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 6:36 PM

i've never heard the hold steady. are they bro rock or sausage fest music?

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 7:04 PM

def bro schlock

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 7:24 PM

destroy the unified scene

Posted by Anonymous | February 1, 2011 9:03 PM

Hold MEHdy!

Hold MEHdy!!

Posted by Anonymous | February 2, 2011 12:09 AM

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