Craig Finn

Polica's top 10 albums of 2012

Polica have already landed on plenty of "best of 2012"-type lists for their Give You the Ghost accomplishment of earlier this year. But, in addition to the ability to curate their own work extremely well, they've got an ear for other strong albums that came out this year. Tipped by Brooklyn Vegan, h ... More >>

Watch Craig Finn and Lifter Puller play "The Bears" on Jenny Jones

The memories of Lifter Puller jostling the Twin Cities in the late '90s can hopefully live on -- via film. The group's guitarist-keyboardist Steve Barone is making one last push to find archival video of the group for a short documentary. One nugget that he has just shared via YouTube is Craig Finn' ... More >>

Local Frames: New videos from Brother Ali, Howler, Communist Daughter, Cloud Cult, and more

See Also: Local Frames: New videos from Bob Mould, the Chalice, Beat Detectives, and more Local Frames: New videos from Bon Iver, P.O.S., Craig Finn, the Blind Shake, and more As the Twin Cities music scene grows, more and more artists are creating music that demands our attention. Combine the musi ... More >>

Local Frames: New videos from Bon Iver, P.O.S., Craig Finn, the Blind Shake, and more

See Also: Local Frames: New videos from the Hood Internet, the Pines, Grimes, and more Local Frames: New videos from Poliça, Paper Tiger, Sleep Study, and more Local Frames: New videos from Now, Now, Howler, Bloodnstuff, Astronautalis, and more As the Twin Cities music scene grows, more and more ... More >>

Rock the Garden at Walker Art Center, 06/16/12

Rock the GardenWith the Hold Steady, Trampled by Turtles, Doomtree, tUnE-yArDs, and HowlerWalker Art Center, MinneapolisSaturday, June 16, 2012Related:10 gorgeous GIFs from Rock the Garden 2012Slideshow - Rock the Garden 2012: MusicSlideshow - Rock the Garden 2012: People/ScenesReverence for the Twi ... More >>

Craig Finn performs "Western Pier" on WTF with Marc Maron

On the surface, Marc Maron and Craig Finn literally seem like world's apart. But in the most recent episode of Maron's immensely popular podcast WTF, the two get a chance to explore some familiar personal terrain together.For those who are unfamiliar with the podcast, Maron tends to facilitates his ... More >>

Top 20 best Minnesota songs: #10-1

Related:Top 20 best Minnesota songs: #20-11Top 20 best Minnesota musiciansFirst Avenue's 20 best concertsCountless songwriters have found inspiration in the Land of 10,000 Lakes over the years, and even more have hit upon something revelatory about Minnesota without ever becoming full-time residen ... More >>

Top 20 best Minnesota songs: #20-11

Related:Top 20 best Minnesota musiciansFirst Avenue's 20 best concertsMinneapolis music scene named second-best in the U.S.50 cool facts about the Minnesota music sceneCountless songwriters have found inspiration in the Land of 10,000 Lakes over the years, and even more have hit upon something revel ... More >>

Rock the Garden Festival 2012 lineup

The tenth installment of Rock the Garden, the Walker Art Center and 89.3 the Current's yearly outdoor music festival, is coming on Saturday, June 16. And the lineup is now officially public!Updated: The tickets are all sold!One of the notable acts this year is the wild and oh-so-colorful Merrill Gar ... More >>

Ten local songs the Minnesota Twins should play at Target Field

Related:Minnesota Twins phase out local music programming, amp up Top 40 hitsIn 2010, the Minnesota Twins won 94 games and were Central Division champions, but last year they slid to 63-99. Chalk this collapse up to injuries, disastrous pitching, or Delmon Young, but don't discount the role that a m ... More >>

Howler and the hometown hate debate

​Minnesota Give Up. No, that's not the title of Howler's next album, nor is it the slogan for the eyebrow-raising marketing campaign the band rolled out last week. But, if you were to read some of the things being bandied about on the interwebs about the interview that their baby-faced bandleader, ... More >>

Craig Finn & Bob Mould agree that rock is often too noisy

​A hilarious exchange between two Minneapolis favorites unfolds in a new "interview" of sorts between Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn and Hüsker Dü/Sugar kingpin Bob Mould. This chat comes along with the promotional push for Finn's first solo record, Clear Heart Full Eyes -- an album Pitchfork g ... More >>

Twin Cities Year in Music 2011

Howler, Astronautalis, Pink Mink, and more

The Hold Steady announce show at Epic

​The Hold Steady will make it back to the Twin Cities to play a show before the year is up, though the venue is a bit of a head-scratcher: America's best bar-rock band will come through town on November 18 to play slick downtown dance club Epic. The band will be performing as the headliners a ... More >>

Color Me Obsessed film salutes the Replacements

Are they the last great American band?

Craig Finn, Gang of Four to join the Current today

​The Current today is doing a fairly massive edition of Theft of the Dial today -- Fox 9's M.A. Rosko and the Decemberists have already helped out the little big station this morning, with two big'uns still to come.

The Hold Steady at First Avenue, 12/29/10

Photos by Stacy Schwartz​The Hold Steady December 29, 2010 First Avenue It's been a busy ride for the Hold Steady. In eight years they've released five records, gained an international following, and toured constantly -- not bad for a couple of Minnesota transplants who relocated to New York ... More >>

Mark Mallman, the Hold Steady, and more

Dusty Miller on the rock and roll lifestyle

​You're front row, dead center at a show for your favorite band, they've just played your second favorite song, and you can't wait to hear what's next. There's a short pause in between songs--the singer thanks the crowd, the bassist cracks a private joke to the drummer, and meanwhile, in a matter ... More >>

The Depot Tavern hosts Diamond Dog eating contest

Photo via First Ave's Facebook pageThe Depot Tavern's Diamond Dog Eating Contest big winners Femme Eat All, Le Tenia, Pigflesh, and the Veterinarian.​With all that was going on in the Twin Cities this weekend for the 4th of the July there was another first of hopefully a yearly holiday traditi ... More >>

The Hold Steady at the Cabooze, 07/03/10

Photos by Tony Nelson​All the pieces were certainly in place for a memorable show from the Hold Steady on Saturday night, with a sold-out crowd awaiting the band at the outdoor stage at the Cabooze on a steamy but glorious summer evening in Minneapolis. I'm not sure if it was the oppressive heat, ... More >>

The Hold Steady on the Colbert Report

Further proof that the Hold Steady are awesome: During a 3-minute segment on last night's Colbert Report, Craig Finn managed to squeeze in serious discussions of Catholicism, influences, and rock 'n' roll-as-religion between Colbert's jokes about them looking more like graphic designers than rock st ... More >>

The Hold Steady and Brother Ali collaborate on "Forest Whitaker"

Judging from this clip, it was one hell of a party.

Craig Finn expresses pride in Lifter Puller reissues

Speaking to Spinner, the Hold Steady front man looks back on his first incarnation in Lifter Puller.

Lifter Puller announce reissues

The influential Twin Cities-based band's recordings will see the light of day once again.

Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: Oct. 19-23

Estate song featured on ABC, Kill to Kill & No Bird Sing release new music videos & M.anifest releases new track.

Hammers of Misfortune and Slough Feg to thrash the Turf

Dust off your fancy speckled twenty-sided die and spend a few minutes exercising your devil horns--it's metal week at the Turf Club.

Mark Mallman debuts new material at intimate show

The Bryant Lake Bowl theater was packed to the gills for a stripped-down performance by Mallman.

7th St. Entry hosts screening party for Hold Steady live DVD

Head down to the Entry Monday for an exclusive screening of "A Positive Rage."

The Hold Steady to tour with Dave Matthews, Counting Crows

The real kicker in this puzzling development? The Hold Steady are the openers.

Hold Steady to play Rachel Ray's SXSW party

We truly are in the end of days. Armageddon is at hand. Repent now.

Doomtree Discography and Notes: 2001-2009

2001[not really Doomtree] Building Better Bombs, Bottle Rocket single, 100 black discs limited edition [no label][not really Doomtree] Building Better Bombs, I Will Burn mini CD [no label][not really Doomtree] Cenospecies, In Definition (Peak Records), 2001: "Hip Hop"Note: Here's probably the firs ... More >>

Lucero

My Top 10 albums of 2007

Home for the Holidays with the Hold Steady

The latest, greatest success from the Twin Cities returns to the wellspring of its creativity

Driving a Soft Bargain

Strib drivers complain that union rolled over

The Shouting's Over, Too

An oral history of the Replacements captures the '80s music scene but can't get a handle on the band

the Hold Steady

Independence Day

What's indie rock? Who cares? Here are 10 great CDs that will blow you away, no matter your definition.

There Goes the Neighborhood

Ten local albums that kept the home fires blazing— then burned down the house

No More Pooping Bambis

Ox-Op presents its biggest show--and its last

Artists of the Year

Hurricanes, war, avian flu, locust plagues, that annoying song you couldn't get out of your head. It wasn't the greatest of all possible years. Nor was it halfway decent. But to prove that it wasn't all bad, we asked 29 writers to rave about the ar

Should I try dressing up as Craig Finn?

No Sellout--Also No Record Sales

Busdriver laughs through car troubles and a struggling career

The Soviettes: LP II

How to Be Good

Living gray in a black and white world

Barred For Life

The Hold Steady's high-voltage crunch happens to sound great in bars. But please don't call them a bar band.

Baby Please Don't Go

Former Minnesotans Say the Twin Cities Cultural Scene Is Insular. Insecure. Unprofitable. Out of Touch. What Does It Mean to Live in an Artists' Paradise If Everyone Wants to Leave?

Sound Check

Lifter Puller / Rank Strangers