Craig Finn

Contributed by Jelone. Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 5:00 PM (EDT) Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn is co-writing a script for a film adaptation of Chuck Klosterman's seminal first work Fargo Rock City along with Tom Ruprecht, a...

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...drinking and getting laid ("It started with mimosas and ended with relations"). Both sounded great. And, as always, singer Craig Finn maintained his status as the happiest frontman on the planet. For an hour, he threw his arms around...

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...Nichols lets his story unfold in a blossom of horns, at a considered pace that would give hyperverbal Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn the shakes. At this point, the horns (arranged by Memphis Session player Jim Spake, who's worked with...

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Newswire The Hold Steady's Craig Finn working on a screenplay based on Chuck Klosterman's Fargo Rock City Given the vicissitudes of movie production this may never come to anything, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, The Hold...

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...To Draw From The Photos Previewing Chris Brown's Forthcoming Video The Hollywood Reporter reports that Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn and Late Show With David Letterman scribe Tom Ruprecht are at work on writing and producing a movie...

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...and more.) Neat! So. Who do you think the Hold Steady will cover? In lyrics on their latest record, Stay Positive, singer Craig Finn gives props to Dillinger Four ("Me and my friends are like double whiskey coke no ice"), Youth of Today,...

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...has the feeling of a religious revival: There's plenty of screaming, crying, and a lot of hands waving through the air. And Craig Finn, lead singer and songwriter for the band, is leading his flock with a combination of a pride and...

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...a heap of plain old good energy. If this guy doesn't break into the big time, in the very-near future, it will be astonishing. Craig Finn and his Minneapolis outfit, The Hold Steady, gleefully engaged festival-goers with their unique brand...

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...but the Brooklyn quintet is on the short list thanks to rousing bar band anthems and singer Craig Finn's singular vision of the down and out. Simply reading his lyrics sheet would be a more fulfilling experience than seeing most bands;...

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...were some enduring records. A year after bursting onto the national scene with "Separation Sunday," Craig Finn and company took their music to a new level. Finn shed his often jarring sing-song ranting for actual singing. And his songs...

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