Whether you swoon over their hyper-literate songwriting or find John Darnielle's reedy, earnest voice to be an acquired taste, The Mountain Goats undeniably had everyone in The Bowery Ballroom last night under their spell. Catcalls and song requests peppered an enthusiastic set, as the barefoot Darnielle noted several times that he was having "a lot of fun," and even invited his "dear friend," Craig Finn, lead singer of The Hold Steady, to join him on "This Year."
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Video: Hold Steady's Craig Finn Makes Nerd Singer Sandwich With The Mountain Goats
The Hold Steady, Band
Last summer, we invited The Hold Steady to play an intimate acoustic set on a beautiful day on a roof in Ridgewood, Queens for our Gothamist House series. The band is back in NYC this week, playing two shows at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Sunday and Monday (and another show at Terminal 5 in April)—and serendipitously, we just found the following "long-lost" interview with them. Back in June, we talked to lead singer Craig Finn and guitarist Tad Kubler about their incessant touring, love of Cheap Trick, and latest album "Heaven is Whenever." You will also find two previously unpublished videos from that day last summer.
Craig Finn, The Hold Steady
People tend to either love The Hold Steady or hate them, but even those in the latter camp don't really despise them in a 30 Seconds to Mars sort of way. Say what you want about frontman Craig Finn's half-spoken/half-sung vocalizations, it's hard to knock a group with such an affable lack of pretension. A couple years after the dissolution of his previous band Lifter Puller, Finn started The Hold Steady in 2002 with no greater ambition than to gig locally and bring the joy back to making music. Four albums and countless touring miles later (last summer they opened for the Rolling Stones), the band has still managed to preserve that casual yet exuberant spirit that's proven so infectious. Full length number four, Stay Positive, hit stores on Monday; we recently spoke with Finn about the album, the fans and the blogs.
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MUSIC: Last week Craig Finn made a solo appearance amongst the books at Barnes & Noble, tonight he's with his rock band, The Hold Steady, playing another free show. Joining them are the Old 97’s, and newer band, Illinois. A triple-threat lineup with a can't-be-beat pricetag.
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FESTIVAL: Conflux 2007 has arrived. Starting tonight and running through Sunday, their "annual New York City festival for contemporary psychogeography" will help re-imagine urban spaces with a series of events, lectures, workshops, installations, parties and so much more. Get all the info and schedules you need, here.
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TRIVIA: Think you know a lot about New York? Come "challenge your knowledge of New York places, faces, dates and facts at the New York Book Club’s first trivia night. Special guests Steve Zeitlin and Marci Reaven, authors of Hidden New York and directors of City Lore, will be on hand to explain and educate." They warn you to bone up on your trivia at www.citylore.org and www.placematters.net beforehand.
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