This is probably really old news for anyone on this site, and unfortunately highlights my unhipness, but I just heard the Hold Steady for the first time. They're pretty fucking good. Sort of like a hipster Springsteen vibe. I hope they don't sap out, though. The lyrics are really compelling, sad story songs, and in some of them I thought I detected a danger that they could fall off into Counting Crows territory.
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