Video: The Hold Steady - "Cattle and the Creeping Things" Live

Perhaps as a way to provide balance to the blander-than-bland Dove Awards , the Festival of Faith and Music at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., looks like it'll actually be a vibrant, interesting weekend. Presenters include Cornel West , the guy from Danielson's dad (a noted songwriter in his own right), critic/blogger/author Jessica Hopper , and Christian music's Peter Gabriel (in the best sense of that label) Charlie Peacock . On the performance end, Pedro the Lion's Dave Bazan and Over The Rhine are as close to traditional [...]

Craig and the boys have announced their new album is due out in the middle of July. Definitely the album I'm most looking forward to this year. Arguably the best live band around today, these guys are amazing. Check below for a couple of videos of them in action. Also of interest to fans will be this site where you can get live shows authorised by the band in both mp3 and FLAC format. Some real gems there, including a couple of cool acoustic radio shows. Stuck Between Stations [...]