The Hold Steady

For the upcoming War Child: Heroes album, music stars hand-picked younger artists to cover their tunes. Here’s The Hold Steady, chosen by Bruce Springsteen to sing Atlantic City.

I don’t know why The Hold Steady’s new album, Stay Positive, is available only through a popular commercial download service for now, and the physical silver platter won’t be on sale until mid-July. But anyway I downloaded it and it’s a very strong album from a great band. So much so that it’s sidetracked me and I haven’t even finished listening to the new John Hiatt yet.