The Hold Steady News

"I can't believe it. It's April 10th and this is the first Hold Steady show of 2012." Those words, said by front man Craig Finn after a rapturous welcome, were among the few that were spoken to the audience throughout the course of the group's nearly 90-minute set.

"I'll never forget the first time I saw Franz Nicolay perform at a hardcore punk-music festival in Philadelphia, PA, in 2005.

The weakness in "Clear Heart Full Eyes," the solo debut disc by The Hold Steady singer Craig Finn, is that in stripping away his band's wonderful rock, the record focused not on the acuity of Finn's lyrics, but on their faults: too often self-aware, their religious imagery too clichA©, and the way he sang - or more precisely didn't sing - them ... (more)

Jiro Dreams of Sushi , the new documentary out March 9 about three-star Michelin chef Jiro Ono of Tokyo, is, yes, high-gloss food porn.