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  Hear the Hold Steady's Most Beloved in Westeros 'Game of Thrones' Closer

  April 15, 2013 – CHVRCHES took it upon themselves to craft their steeped-in-synth cover of the Game of Thrones theme song, but David Benioff and Dan Weiss — the showrunners behind the HBO fantasy epic — actually requested a specific band to record a studio version of "The Bear & the Maiden Fair," a song featured on last night's episode (April 14)."['The Bear & the Maiden Fair'] is one of the most popular songs in Westeros, beloved by n …
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  Duff McKagan Jams With a Sex Pistol, Clap Your Hands Dudes Say Farewell at CBGB Fest

  July 9, 2012 – "So this is Times Square?" quipped Alec Ounsworth, frontman for indie rockers Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, playing a daytime Saturday set in the middle of the Big Apple's tourist mecca. He was surprised to be playing a stage beneath the blinding lights of Broadway and one of the most expensive Olive Gardens in the world — and the tourist gawkers stopping to snap pics were surprised to see them there too. …
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  FestWatch: Lineups for Newport Folk, Forecastle, Sled Island Festival Arrive

  March 1, 2012 – The Newport Folk, Forecastle, and Sled Island fests have announced (or added to) their lineups this week. …
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  Benefit Braddock: Atlas Sound, Built to Spill Rock to Revitalize Pennsylvania Town

  November 17, 2011 –  …
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  Jackpot: The Best Shots From 2011's Treasure Island Music Festival

  October 18, 2011 –  …
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  Wayne Wraps 'Carter IV,' Craig Finn Solo LP + More

  July 12, 2011 – After months of delays, Lil Wayne has finally finished recording his anticipated comeback album Tha Carter IV. "It's totally done," Wayne tells MTV, adding that the set will drop on August 29. In the meantime, the MC is expected to put out a mixtape titled Sorry for the Wait sometime this week. One track, titled "Tunechi's Back," has already leaked. Check it out here. …
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  Hold Steady's Craig Finn Writes Baseball Fight Song

  September 24, 2010 – Minnesota-born Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn has never been quiet about his adoration for his hometown baseball team, the Twins, and after a few years of rumors, a Finn-penned fight song for the team has finally emerged. …
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  Best of Sasquatch Fest: MGMT, Pavement, Vampire Weekend & 11 More!

  June 2, 2010 –  …
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  The Hold Steady Debut New Album Live in S.F.

  May 7, 2010 – Indie rock's favorite bar band is also one of the best live bands around, a product of anthemic choruses, a highly expressive frontman, a lead guitarist who knows his way around great riffs, and, as the title of last year's live album pointed out, a positive rage. "We're The Hold Steady and we're going to have a really good time tonight," singer Craig Finn told an ecstatic, inebriated dude-fest that had just finished cheering for a roa …
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• The Hold Steady 'Heaven Is Whenever' (Vagrant)

  May 4, 2010 – On their fifth album (and first without keyboard player Franz Nicolay since 2004's debut), the Midwest's ambassadors to Brooklyn hone their ballsy bar-band philosophizing with a focus worthy of CSI. The sound is too slick by half, but Craig Finn's rhymes still resonate: "Ain't it sad about these metro guys? / Don't it hurt to watch them moisturize? …
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