Boys and Girls in America

...Volt, Dinosaur Jr.), "Stay Positive" came together while the The Hold Steady was touring the world behind 2006's critically lauded "Boys and Girls in America," according to the group's publicist. That outing saw the band play more than 200...

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...entitled Faces & Names on Ultimatum Music. He also contributed guest vocals on the song "Chillout Tent" in The Hold Steady's 2006 release, Boys and Girls in America. Pirner now resides in Bywater , New Orleans , Louisiana, where he is...

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...at the Metro Chicago in Chicago , Illinois, made up of songs from the band's albums Almost Killed Me (2004), Separation Sunday (2005), Boys and Girls in America (2006), and the then-forthcoming Stay Positive (2008), as well as three tracks...

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..."Chips Ahoy!" was released as a free download from music site Pitchfork Media. On September 29, 2006, a Flash -based stream of the album was made available on Vagrant Records' website. The second single, "Stuck Between Stations" began to...

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(All three characters made appearances on the band's previous album, Almost Killed Me, and reappear in "First Night", and "Same Kooks" on Boys and Girls in America, and then again in "Ask Her For Adderall", a bonus track from Stay...

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This duo of artifacts captures a terrific band at their joyful peak, as they conquer America (and London) while touring for 2006's Boys and Girls in America. That was their third studio album, and first for bigger indie label Vagrant. The...

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...album captures The Hold Steady just at the moment they were about to graduate from cult status to Next Big Thing after their breakthrough Boys & Girls in America, when virtually every song was about hoodrat kids getting wasted at killer...

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...we're in a recession? Sam's Town was poorly received because it wasn't a *good* record, even though it tried to sound like the Boss. Boys and Girls in America came out the same year and was much adored because it was a good record that...

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...of the band's last release, 2008's "Stay Positive." Meanwhile, the documentary centers around the international tour in support of 2006's "Boys and Girls in America" and features band interviews and a wealth of behind-the-scenes footage.

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...who professes an "absolute, mad love" for The Hold Steady, says Stay Positive is sonically more experimental than their previous album, Boys and Girls in America. "There are zero songs that have a party jam theme," she says, and the group uses...

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