Capitol Hill Block Party, Seattle July 25-26 2008

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Available Today: July 15, 2008

Get our take on new albums from the Hold Steady, Jay Reatard, Wire, and more out today.
The Hold Steady / Photo by Judson Baker

Here's a rundown of what's available online and in record stores this week. Click each album title to read Spin's review:

The Hold Steady, Stay Positive: Brooklyn’s hyper mini-Bosses get a bit too comfy.

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Classic rock-inspired Brooklynites prep fourth album and most refined effort yet, Stay Positive, for release tomorrow (July 15).
The Hold Steady / Photo by Judson Baker

What? The Hold Steady are consummate rock'n'roll storytellers, and the band's newest record, Stay Positive, out stateside via Vagrant July 15, proves once again the quintet won't disappear any time soon.

Live Hold Steady Video from the Pool Parties!

Check out footage of the Brooklyn outfit rocking their home turf alongside punk act the Loved Ones at the opening date of the JellyNYC's Pool Parties.
The Hold Steady's Craig Finn

Brooklyn, NY's McCarren Park Pool may be empty, but that didn't keep fans from getting absolutely soaking wet Sunday (June 29), as throngs braved pounding thunderstorms to catch razor-sharp punk outfit the Loved Ones and Brooklyn's own the Hold Steady play the first of nine, free Sunday

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Pool Parties '08: The Hold Steady, "Magazines"

The Hold Steady perform "Magazines" at JellyNYC's Pool Parties, June 29, 2008.

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Pool Parties '08: The Hold Steady, "Ships Ahoy"

The Hold Steady performing "Ships Ahoy" at JellyNYC's Pool Parties, June 29, 2008.

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