The Record Crate by Alex V. Cook – Personal Journey

This week my headphones have been half-filled with Stay Positive, the fantastic new album by The Hold Steady, who play at Chelsea’s next Thursday. The Hold Steady follow in a line of great music from Minneapolis (even though they have relocated to Brooklyn, where I suspect we will all one day converge) in that like Prince and The Replacements, they reaffirm the zeal once had for music, no matter how jaded adulthood has made you. More…