Take Me Out To The Ball Game....

It's no secret that Craig Finn the lead singer of The Hold Steady is a pretty big baseball fan, and even bigger Minnesota Twins fans. See exhibit #1, lifted from this....

That maybe one of the coolest band t-shirts ever.

Well today over at I Am Fuel, Your Friends (if you're not heading there on a daily basis, you should be), Heather has a fantastic post up about The Hold Steady which includes some lots of MP3 - head here.

But more importantly she also posted this killer MP3 of The Hold Steady's version of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame". Head here for the full story behind it and as well as some video on the recording session.

Now if could only get the Yankees to be as hip, I think we're all pretty tired of Cotton Eyed Joe and the YMCA by now.

Langerado Artist Update

Ok so maybe the initial line-up for Langerado was a little too crunchy for you to book you flight down to Florida. Well fear not the second round of acts have been announced and they are a little more hipster friendly....

My Morning Jacket
The New Pornographers
Cat Power and The Dirty Blues Band
The Hold Steady
Cut Chemist

And just a reminder tickets go on-sale this Friday at 10 AM.

Here's some live stuff from these guys to wet you appetite (via Dimeadozen)....

My Morning Jacket - 2006-11-20 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO

The New Pornographers - 2006-10-24 - "The Garrick" (at the Ramada Centre) - Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Cat Power & The Memphis Rythm Band - 2006-11-18 - 40 Watt Club - Athens, Ga

The Hold Steady - 2006-10-24 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN