Blog: PopWreck(oning)

Oh man, Franz Nicolay is like the coolest dude eva. It's all about the mustache, and Franz has one hell of a mustache. It doesn't hurt either that he's the portly keyboardist in The Hold Steady , who've been steadily gaining popularity with plenty of support from Pitchfork and the blogosphere over the last couple years. On his first solo outing, Major General , Nicolay delivers exactly what's expected of him, but nothing more. His music has the same awesome pseudo-dramatic feel that his signature look has and it indeed is not a far cry from [...]