While an audio recording can't come close to replicating the sheer exuberance of seeing The Hold Steady Live, the CD half of this package is an excellent live album, capturing the band in fine form. There's a nice selection of material from across their four studio albums, as well as a couple of rare songs (You Gotta Dance and Girls Like Status) which are also both ace. There's also a suitably raw feel, with no attempt to disguise any mistakes, which does well to capture the band's warts and all vigour.
The dissapointment here for me is the DVD, which is basically an extended promo for the Boys and Girls in America tour and album, and contains little insight beyond how, like, totally rockin' the band is. A mish-mash of fawning talking heads, boring interview questions and a relatively small amount of uninterrupted performance footage (2 songs), it lacks any real focus or clarity.