One of the acts I’m most looking forward to at Coachella is The Hold Steady. They just rock. Guitarist Tad Kubler was nice enough to talk to me a couple of weeks ago and the story is in today’s Guide.
He’s planning to hang out for a few days in the desert for Coachella and the band is excited about the gig.
“The only thing about festivals is that you need to get down to business,” he said.
You might be able to spot him in the crowd, too. A photographer, Kubler recently shot Leonard Cohen for Rolling Stone magazine. He joked that he would be the guy at the show with all the cameras around his neck.
The band is already working on its next album, a follow up to 2008’s “Stay Positive.” He said that although it’s really early, the material he’s working on so far sounds really different and doesn’t include electric guitars.
And the band doesn’t mind writing on tour and the band will often try out new songs during sound check.
“It’s fun to write on the road because you can be inspired by the places and people you meet,” Kubler said.
Anyway, in case you haven’t seen them, check out The Hold Steady’s performance of “Stuck Between Stations” on David Letterman’s show.