The Hold Steady

…And the job he got, not what you'd expect from a man staying up all night in clubs singing songs about arsonists and drug dealers and pimps. It wasn't the one I'd heard. He wasn't an IT guy at Goldman Sachs, but... Honestly, it was pretty close.…

…By the time Lifter Puller started in earnest, Craig Finn had decided not to pursue his music industry job as a booking agent. In his mind, it just didn't feel right to be working in the industry while simultaneously trying to make it as a musician. Like, maybe people wouldn't take him seriously. So he got a real day job.…

…Honestly, it might just be that the lyrics are harder to make out, but I do feel like I can already hear some of what Craig Finn is gonna do really well in his next band. He's gonna tell these gossipy stories about an underground world that he has this magic ability to conjure. This seedy, sleazy underbelly of Minneapolis that might only exist in Craig Finn'…