It's sober stuff, and yet it doesn't feel that way: The Gaslight Anthem plays with the ripping punk-rock intensity associated with Warped Tour bands.

NPR: The Gaslight Anthem: Revisiting Sounds Of '59

Most try to minimize the influence, but not The Gaslight Anthem.

NPR: The Gaslight Anthem: Revisiting Sounds Of '59

But when The Gaslight Anthem goes there, it somehow resonates differently.

NPR: The Gaslight Anthem: Revisiting Sounds Of '59

That's not the case with The Gaslight Anthem.

NPR: The Gaslight Anthem: Revisiting Sounds Of '59

Nearly a year after its release, The Gaslight Anthem's The '59 Sound is still winning converts one at a time: Released with little fanfare, it took off at a pace that seems glacial amid so many instant phenomena.

NPR: The Gaslight Anthem: A Morbid Summer Jam

It's hardly a surprise that Bruce Springsteen has joined The Gaslight Anthem on stage, just as it's hardly a surprise that footage of the collaboration depicts singer Brian Fallon looking as if his heart is about to explode in a trillion joyful pieces.

NPR: First Listen: The Gaslight Anthem, 'American Slang'

The true test of a Gaslight Anthem album can't or at least shouldn't take place while the listener is staring at a computer screen.

NPR: First Listen: The Gaslight Anthem, 'American Slang'