Listen to the Hold Steady's "The Bear and the Maiden Fair," from "Game of Thrones."

Brooklyn-based bar band the Hold Steady are recording "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" for season three of HBO's "Game of Thrones."

I try to avoid talking about music here, partly because I'm no longer up to speed on what the cool kids like, but mostly because people are annoyingly opinionated about what they like and dislike.