![]() While Separation Sunday has always been an almost perfect Fall/Winter record, I listen to the bulk of my Hold Steady in the summer months. Instantly recognizable, mostly unforgettable, and largely hummable/singable, The Hold Steady’s live shows were nearly as legendary as the ones that almost killed them.įrom massive nights and killer parties to Clear Hearts and Full Eyes, the bespectacled punk rock Woody Allen tells it like it is, calls ‘em like he sees ‘em and even when he’s singing a sad song, there’s a hint of a smile because he can’t help but stay positive. You know the story: club punk poet/bar band bard from Minnesota Metropolis, Craig Finn moves to New York, forms The Hold Steady, recounts his tales of survival, perfectly captures the scene, waxes philosophical about life, death, drugs, girls and God and flawlessly enunciates every word every time over timeless and classic rock-inspired bar band riffs, rhythms, and melodies. The voice of Lifter Puller, The Hold Steady, and most recently, Craig Finn and Some Guns, the 41 year-old Brooklynite by way of the the Twin Cities and Boston, is by far one of the most entertaining, interesting and smartest songwriters of the last 10 years. No one knows indie/punk/rock show culture, shares those spot-on observations and speak-sings about it in as interesting a way as Craig Finn does.
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