Franz Nicolay
Musician
The Hold Steady...Hold Steady The Hold Steady is a Brooklyn-based rock band comprising Craig Finn (vocals, guitar), Tad Kubler (lead guitar), Franz Nicolay (keyboards, vocals, harmonica, accordion), Galen Polivka (bass) and Bobby Drake (drums). The band's... In this article: The Hold Steady, Craig Finn, Boys and Girls in America, Tad Kubler, Separation Sunday, Bob Dylan, I'm Not There, Pitchfork Media, Frenchkiss Records, and Drive-By Truckers |
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Punknews | October 16, 2009
Mischief Brew and Franz Nicolay's Guignol release new collaboration
...for download. Guignol features Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady, World/Inferno Friendship Society), Peter Hess (Balkan Beat Box, Slavic Soul Party, World/Inferno), George Rush (Hem) and John Bollinger (Antony & The Johnsons). Please login or...
In this article: Mischief Brew, Punknews.org, Balkan Beat Box, Hem, Hallowed Be Thy Name, and Firewater
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Franz Nicolay releasing new 10 on Team Science
...Source. Posted on Monday, August 31, 2009 at 12:00 PM (EDT) Team Science Records has relased a 10" EP from Franz Nicolay titled St. Sebastian of the Short Stage. The The Hold Steady and World/Inferno Friendship Society member has...
In this article: World/Inferno Friendship Society, The Hold Steady, and The Dresden Dolls
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stereogum | April 10, 2009
New Franz Nicolay Video - Jeff Penalty (Stereogum Premiere)
...(note Franz multiples in the above thumbnail). Speaking of references, after listening to "Jeff Penalty" you'll get a sense of how much Nicolay influences Hold Steady or vice versa. Speaking of the Hold Steady: Nicolay appearing...
In this article: Jeff Penalty, The Hold Steady, Stereogum, Cillian Murphy, Dead Kennedys, Bjork, OK Computer, Ideology, and God
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Independent.co.uk - Music | July 16, 2009
Album: Franz Nicolay, Major General (Decor)
...Finn's Springsteen, animating the singer's street parables with florid flourishes. The Springsteen influence carries over into Nicolay's songs, both in the soul-searching street-opera narrative of "Nightratsong" and the overwrought...
In this article: Hold Steady, Bruce Springsteen, Rumination, and Roy Bittan
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L.A. Times - Entertainment News | November 24, 2008
Hold Steady, no matter what
Hold Steady, no matter what THE GUYS: The Hold Steady are, from left, Franz Nicolay, Tad Kubler, Bobby Drake, Galen Polivka, Craig Finn. The indie rock rapscallions do whatever it takes to 'Stay Positive.' November 25, 2008 When the...
In this article: The Hold Steady, Craig Finn, Bob Seger, God, Tad Kubler, Sarah Lawrence College, Bruce Springsteen, Charlie Patton, and Boys and Girls in America
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Pitchfork | April 24, 2008
News: Dresden Dolls Compile Odds and Ends on Comp, Tour
...including a pair of shows with the Boston Pops in June. Brian Viglione joins the Hold Steady's Franz Nicolay in Major General at the Music Hall of Williamsburg over the weekend. And there's a full-blown Dresden Dolls tour on the way, with...
In this article: Dresden Dolls, Amanda Palmer, Night Reconnaissance, Girl Anachronism, No, Virginia, Roadrunner Records, Hold Steady, Brian Viglione, and Weeds
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Franz Nicolay: Episode 1
...April 30, 2009 at 8:00 PM (EDT) Today, we've got a brand new set of tour diaries coming from Franz Nicolay, multi-instrumentalist and member of The Hold Steady and World/Inferno Friendship Society. The shows are in support of his newly...
In this article: The Hold Steady, Leonard Cohen, San Francisco, California, Bob Dylan, and Jon Theodore
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Hold Steady's Nicolay Auctions off Love Song Pitchfork
Hold Steady's Nicolay Auctions off Love Song | Pitchfork The Hold Steady's Franz Nicolay is-- to put it lightly-- a dreamboat. That moustache! Those ivory-tickling hands! That moustache! The man's hunkiness is simply not up for debate. What's...
In this article: Hold Steady, ATP, Brooklyn, Cupid, Valentine's Day, Erin McKeown, and Robbers on High Street
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The Hold Steady to release live album+DVD, A Positive Rage
The live album was recorded on October 31, 2007 and includes seventeen songs that Craig Finn, Tad Kubler, Galen Polivka, Franz Nicolay, and Bobby Drake performed on the second of their two-night sold-out stand at the Metro in Chicago. The...
In this article: The Hold Steady, Tad Kubler, DVD, Punknews.org, Craig Finn, Minneapolis, and First Avenue
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Franz Nicolay is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer currently living in Brooklyn, New York. He is perhaps best known for his work in The World/Inferno Friendship Society playing the accordion and the piano and in The Hold Steady playing keyboards. He is also notable for founding Anti-Social Music, a composer/performer collective in New York City and for performing in the gypsy-klezmer troupe, Guignol.
Beyond his long-term participation with these groups, Franz has appeared in recordings from many other bands, such as Mischief Brew, Leftover Crack, The Dresden Dolls, and Nanuchka.
Franz is presently performing Solo gigs, and in February 2008 will be entering a studio to record a solo album with a band including members of Demander, Dresden Dolls and Nanuchka.
Franz plays piano/keyboard and arranged the strings on Australian punk/rockers The Living End's 2008 release White Noise.
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