Read what bloggers are saying about The Boys. We scan music blogs around the world for mentions of this artist.
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Review: The Jones Street Boys - Overcome
by can you see the sunset from the southside?
"Have you ever wondered just what bluegrass from Brooklyn might sound like? Well, one listen to Overcome from Brooklyn’s Jones Street Boys and you’ll have your answer. They play bluegrass with a decidedly modern and urban twist. Still of slower and more laid-back places but somehow a little more refined..."
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The sea
by Office Naps
"The sea. Its mystery and expanse has inspired innumerable poets, writers, artists and musicians throughout the millennia, its endless capacity for beauty and violence has silenced individuals not usually given to speechless wonder.Cursed, mythologized, prayed to, every seafaring culture has its own tradition of music of the sea, from Vietnamese..."
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how positive are you
by shoes are for work
"new review from our friend The Observer:There’s gonna come a time when you’re gonna have to listen to whoever is going to get you the highest, and since their 2004 debut Almost Killed Me, for many that’s meant listening to The Hold Steady. Stay Positive marks the band’s fourth full-length..."
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New Cure Video - "Sleep When I'm Dead"
by stereogum
"New Cure Video - "Sleep When I'm Dead" The latest installment of the Cure's pre-album release Single Of The Month Club, "Sleep When I'm Dead," threw us for a loop on Monday, coming unexpectedly in repeated-clip form. But now thanks to a YouTube upload by Craig, he of the comprehensive..."
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Constructive Summer
by Chromewaves
"Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Constructive Summer Photo via Rough TradeSome bands make concept records. The Hold Steady are making a concept career. With their debut Almost Killed Me, it seemed they were just writing about what they knew - adolescence, religion, rebellion and partying in Minneapolis - and they returned..."