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Share the Love--The Hold Steady

Craig Finn, former frontman of undeground favorites Lifter Puller, has just released the second album of material from new band The Hold Steady.  Separation Sunday is a ragged, ballsy collection of tunes that follow the oddball cast of young characters established on their first record Almost Killed Me.  The new record revolves largely around the story of a young girl named Hallelujah, the good girl who got in a little over her head in the druggy underworld of Minneapolis.  The tales of her rock-bottom desperation and eventual resurrection are alternately humorous and heartbreaking, and the darkness percolating beneath the surface is mesmerizing.  Set to the bar band-meets-gospel choir stylings of the band and held together by Finn's keen ability to stop just short of taking the subject matter too seriously, Separation Sunday is an early candidate for album of the year.  It can be purchased at iTunes here.

While it's impossible to get full enjoyment of this record without the context of the entire work, these two songs will give you an idea what you're in for. 

Download "Stevie Nicks" by The Hold Steady

Download "How a Resurrection Really Feels" by The Hold Steady

Note:  All music files are for the express purpose of spreading the word about great music.  If you like the music, I encourage you to purchase it either from one of the above links or from a local record store.  Musicians deserve to be paid for their work.  If any copyright holder objects to the use of their music on this site, please contact us and it will immediately be taken down.

Share the Love: Stina Nordenstam

Sweden's Stina Nordenstam has somehow managed to fly beneath the radar for much of her 13 year career, but last year's "The World Is Saved" may finally bring her talents to a larger audience.  The record is a bounty of dark, ethereal pop, with subtle jazz-tinged horns providing a bed for Nordenstam's stunning vocals.  The diversity of the album makes it impossible to label, but listening to standout tracks  "Butterfly", and "On Falling" should give you a pretty good cross section of her work.

Download "On Falling"

Download "Butterfly"

"The World Is Saved" is available at iTunes , or from Amazon by clicking the album in the "What's Spinning at Headquarters" section.

Note:  All music files are for the express purpose of spreading the word about great music.  If you like the music, I encourage you to purchase it either from one of the above links or from a local record store.  Musicians deserve to be paid for their work.  If any copyright holder objects to the use of their music on this site, please contact us and it will immediately be taken down.