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Yeah, we like this band. We like them a lot. Got a problem with that? Too bad. Franz Nicolay's moustache is cooler than every band you've ever written about on your blog. Combined.

Now, finally, you can understand what we're talking about. Vagrant Records has been kind enough to share a stream of the Hold Steady's new album Boys and Girls in America in its entirety, just a few days before the album's release this coming Tuesday, October 3. It's all there, from "Stuck Between Stations" through "Southtown Girls". Enjoy. You can thank us later.

The Hold Steady's month-long North American tour (with openers Sean Na Na) starts tomorrow night at a fuckin' Masonic Temple in fuckin' Hamden, Connecticut. Keepin' it real.

9-30 Hamden, CT - Masonic Temple *
10-01 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
10-02 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar *
10-04 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
10-05 Birmingham, AL - Bottle Tree
10-06 Memphis, TN - Hi Tone Café
10-07 Denton, TX - Hailey's
10-08 Austin, TX - Emo's
10-09 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington
10-12 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
10-13 San Diego, CA - Brick by Brick
10-14 Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar
10-16 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
10-17 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
10-19 Portland, OR - Lola's
10-20 Vancouver, British Columbia - Plaza Club
10-21 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café
10-24 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10-25 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10-26 Chicago, IL - Metro #
10-27 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
10-28 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
10-29 Ottawa, Ontario - Zaphod's Beeblebrox
10-30 Cambridge, MA - Middle East

* with the Big Sleep
# with Catfish Haven