RandBall (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Since we wrote about this when it was announced, we thought we’d better follow-up with Craig Finn — of RandBall House Band “The Hold Steady” and “Lifter Puller” fame — and his chat on ESPN.com, which happened on Wednesday. A sampling: Eric in Hartford, Conn.: As a long-time Braves fan, I demand to know when Craig [...]
Vulture (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Photo: Getty Images Hold Steady front man and notorious Minnesota Twins fan Craig Finn stopped by ESPN.com yesterday to bullshit about baseball and music, and the chat wrap is up now. He fields a bunch of awesome questions like "Are the Chicago Cubs kind of like the Replacements of baseball?" and sort of alludes to wanting to write a Hold Steady movie. Also, we're fairly certain this...
Idolator (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Craig Finn chatted with ESPN.com readers (or at least dictated answers to their questions over a phone) to talk the Twins bullpen (it's rough), why musicians often shy away from liking sports (old ideas of rebellion and mainstream culture in America), fishing with Kent Hrbek ("a great guy"), and his favorite team from his adopted home of New York City (the Mets, as they should be )....
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
In a little less than two hours, the Hold Steady frontman and Twins fanatic Craig Finn will answer your questions via a live chat at the website with ESPN's The Show . Well, he'll answer your questions if you submit some . He starts at 3PM EST, and you've got him for an hour.
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Craig Finn, of Brooklyn NY's The Hold Steady , will be stopping by The Show on ESPN to do a live chat on Wednesday, September 10th. Finn, long time resident of Minnesota, happens to be a Minnesota Twins fan and even used his band to record a version of "Take Me Out To the Ballgame" for the seventh-inning stretch at the Metrodome. You can listen to that version here . More details...
RandBall (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Our friend Li’l Dice passed along an item last week about Craig Finn — frontman of official RandBall band The Hold Steady — and we forgot about it until earlier today. The great worlds of music and baseball are set to collide on Sept. 10 when Finn chats about whatever you want on ESPN.com. You [...]
prefix (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Last year in Prospect Park, The Hold Steady's Craig Finn was seen rocking a Ken Hrbek jersey and talking about how he hopes the Hold Steady play music like Ken ...
The Sound of Young America (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
The Hold Steady are a Minneapolis-bred, Brooklyn-based rock band. Their grand visions of love, teenage life, and fringe characters offer a Midwestern take on a genre pioneered by Bruce Springsteen. They call themselves a bar band. Listen to This Week's Show Online Please allow our low-bandwidth server a little time after you click "play" Download This Show Embeddable Audio Player Code (Copy and Paste)...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Hold Steady frontman — and devoted Minnesota Twins fan — Craig Finn fielded an age-old question during a recent online chat at ESPN.com.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Hold Steady frontman — and devoted Minnesota Twins fan — Craig Finn fielded an age-old question during a recent online chat at ESPN.com: What do artist types have against sports?
Jason Blogs (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
It seems that in every bit that you read about the Hold Steady they always bring up the fact that frontman Craig Finn is a former member of the band Lifter Puller. I wonder how long it will be, considering the rapid rise to prominence that his current band has seen to date with no ceiling yet in sight, before the references to Lifter Puller begin to fade away. Whatever.
CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
The Stills announce Canadian and U.S. tour dates. Arts&Crafts Said The Whale 's just-puchased van is on life support, and it's not looking good. MySpace Ryan Adams responds to the Noel Gallagher shove. Stereogum M.I.A. blogs about terrorism. Pitchfork Craig Finn of the Hold Steady to appear on ESPN . Punknews Apple unveils new thinner iPod . Reuters CD stores closing? Sell your album...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Enter for your chance to go to the Hold Steady show HERE. (thx all) Bloc Party are also playing NYC on September 18th. The Hold Steady are also playing NYC on November 6th & 7th. Chat with Craig Finn...
Earvolution (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
By: David Schultz The Hold Steady have currently cornered the market on wry observations of drunken and debauched youth, a factor of Craig Finn’s dry wit and the Hold Steady’s collective personal detachment from the demographic they chronicle. A little closer in age to the parking lot set, Rose Hill Drive have unleashed Moon Is The New Earth, an album full of testosterone-laden, guitar...
The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
CONCERTS: The Hold Steady have single-handedly turned “bar band” into a term of endearment. Blame it on front-man Craig Finn, whose half-sung, near-Joycean rants about drugs and alcohol and teenagers and Minneapolis and drugs are shot through with so much wit and wisdom they manage to turn bar chatter into a kind of high art. Anyway, without Finn—or with a lead-singer who actually...
