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Lifter Puller , or LFTR PLLR, was an American indie rock band from the Twin Cities and the Boston area between 1994 and 2000. Their music is considered innovative, with its angular riffs and a synth-infused sound that predated the 80's revival fads of the early 2000s. Arguably, howev... Read More
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Music Review: Alcoholic Faith Mission - Ask ..Alcoholic Faith Mission Ask Me This [PonyRec; 2012] by Joe Hemmerling Rating: My first exposure to Copenhagen’s Alcoholic Faith Mission came two years ago when a friend of mine became fairly obsessed with the song “ Nut in Your Eye ,” the lead single off the band’s sophomore record 421 Wythe Ave. The song’s title, which would have been a perfect fit for some virulently misogynistic slab of gansta rap, seemed hopelessly at odds with the tender, spacious strains of acoustic guitar and piano that introduced the track. That is, until singer Kristine Permild delivers the opening lines: “Harry ...Tiny Mix Tapes1 May 2012
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Tonight in Seattle: Craig Finn, Blue Sky Bla ..Craig Finn (of the Hold Steady), Mount Moriah @ The Crocodile | 02/24 | 8pm | $15 (Get Tickets) | 21+ Tonight, the Croc is hosting the Seattle leg of Craig Finn‘s tour. The frontman of indy-rock heavyweights The Hold Steady (and former frontman of the punkier Lifter Puller) recently released his first solo album, Clear Heart Full [...]Seattle Show Gal.25 February 2012
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Craig Finn: Show PreviewDear fans of the Hold Steady and (the now-legendary) Lifter Puller: Stay positive, for the ever-charismatic Craig Finn is once again gracing a San Francisco stage — and this time, he'll be all by his lonesome. So grab your whiskey, grab your ginger, and settle in to hear material fro...SF Weekly - Music15 February 2012
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Craig Finn Has Full Eyes, A Clear Heart...An ..Craig Finn , frontman of The Hold Steady , has released his first solo album, Clear Heart Full Eyes . It certainly doesn't veer too far away from his tried and tested formula, but that is never a bad thing. The first taste off it, 'Apollo Bay', is a yarn about a trip in Australia that spirals halfway into a burning psych jam. With choral lines that include driving to the aforementioned bay, and the excitement that we are partaking in a geographical kinship with a worthy wordsmith, the affinity to Mr Finn is immediate (although surely you could partake in beers ...Sonic Masala13 February 2012
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Review: Craig Finn – Clear Hearts Open Minds ..Artist: Craig Finn Album: Clear Hearts Open Minds Genre: Americana/Alt-Country Album: Vagrant Craig Finn of The Hold Steady and Lifter Puller is known for crafting a sprawling mythos centered around the mythologized Twin Cities, Minneapolis and Saint Paul, with his rock ‘n’ roll yarns spanning the entire Midwest and the occasional trip down to Florida. This artful mythology is broken up into songs which are character centered vignettes. The characters that Finn has created find themselves, more often than not, celebrating life and on a journey towards self discovery. Within his vignettes Finn has always imbued a sense of ...Under The Gun Review26 January 2012
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Music: Interview: Craig FinnWhether as the singer for The Hold Steady or the late, great Twin Cities post-punk outfit Lifter Puller , Craig Finn is known for plying his effusive storytelling craft in front of bands. So it was a learning experience when Finn set out to make his first solo record, Clear Heart Full Eyes , which comes out January 24 . Recorded in Austin with Spoon producer Mike McCarthy, Clear Heart features the sort of colorful tales about down-and-out characters that have become Finn’s specialty, only this time, presented in a stripped-down, singer-songwriter vein. It’s starker, less optimistic, and not nearly as ...The A.V. Club25 January 2012
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Craig Finn: Clear Heart Full EyesCraig Finn Clear Heart Full Eyes Vagrant Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Solo debut from The Hold Steady frontman has its moments. Album Review: Craig Finn has released a good number of albums with Lifter Puller and The Hold Steady but Clear Heart Full Eyes represents his debut solo record. Like any other frontman spreading his wings, Clear Heart Full Eyes changes up things a bit from his normal routine and definitely gives you a honest and transparent look at Finn. One change for Craig on this record was his travel to Austin, Texas to record with producer Mike McCarthy ...The Fire Note24 January 2012
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SPIN's 25 Winter Albums That You Gotta Hear ..Now that those New Year's hangovers (and subsequent existential chills and sniffles) are starting to heal, it’s time to turn 2012 from a potential Mayan catastrophe into a jubilant musical carnival. To that end, SPIN’s editors have chosen 25 highly anticipated albums that should keep your heart full and the specter of the Long Count calendar at bay. Enjoy! Snow Patrol , Fallen Empires (Island) Release date: Jan. 10 Ideally suited, it would seem, to release records during the wintry months, Snow Patrol return touting their sixth studio album as a break from form — or at least a ...Spin13 January 2012
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Craig Finn estrena “Honolulu Blues”, su nuev ..Relacionado con bandas como Lifter Puller o The Hold Steady, esta última en la que milita como cantante y guitarrista actualmente, Craig Finn es un músico carismático e inquieto en los escenarios y parece que también en su vida personal. Tal vez por eso ahora ha decidido probar suerte con un proyecto en solitario. Como ya anunció hace varias semanas Jackie, el resultado es un álbum llamado Clear Heart Full Eyes que incluirá once nuevas canciones con algo en común: ninguna encajaba en The Hold Steady. Al parecer, Finn comenzó...Cuchara Sonica26 November 2011
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The Leafs: Come, Take My Hand EPThe Leafs Come, Take My Hand EP Self-Released [2011] Fire Note Says: Second EP expands the length of The Leafs tracks with equally stellar results! Album Review: We told you about Australia's Leafs back in August and the group has just released it's second EP titled Come, Take My Hand , which expands their sound and finds the band experimenting with longer songs this go around with the same excellent results. Right from the opening strum on the title track, you can hear that The Leafs are onto something different as the drums don't even kick in till ...The Fire Note17 November 2011
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The Hold Steady's Craig Finn Solo LPThe Hold Steady's Craig Finn is set to release solo album 'Clear Heart Full Eyes' on January 23rd. Through his work with Lifter Puller and The Hold Steady, Craig Finn has established himself as a deeply literary songwriting voice. Continually working, the singer found that new material didn't quite fit within a group structure. With The Hold Steady needing time off after last year's 'Heaven In Whenever' the frontman decided to focus on a solo album. Completed with Mike McCarthy, new album 'Clear Heart Full Eyes' finds Craig Finn stepping out under his own name. Despite a ...Clash Music8 November 2011
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DeLorean: Lifter Puller - "Nassau Coliseum" ..1997: Lifter Puller - "Nassau Coliseum" by Mike Wojciechowski on 10-25-2011 Musically, Lifter Puller is a different beast than Craig Finn’s current band The Hold Steady. The late 90s Minneapolis alternative rock band channels new wave, art-punk, and early hardcore, contrasting with the classic-rock-influenced masturbatory bar band antics of the Hold Steady. I love both bands but Lifter Puller won me over when I first heard “Nassau Coliseum,” off their second album Half Dead and Dynamite . It finds them operating in a similar, if not darker, style to The Hold Steady. After the opening bass notes eerily creep in, a ...Tiny Mix Tapes25 October 2011
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The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn talks solo albu ..Craig Finn has been pumping out verbose Americana with bands Lifter Puller and most notably the Hold Steady for almost twenty years, but as we noted earlier in July when he appeared on Twitter and... Click on the headline to read the rest of the story.AUX TV6 August 2011
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The Hold Steady Recall Early Struggle to Fil ..Filed under: News The Hold Steady are currently packing out thousand-plus capacity venues on a tour in support of 'Heaven Is Whenever,' their third straight hit album, but it wasn't always thus for the veteran Brooklyn-via-Minneapolis rockers. "There were a couple of shows with [previous band] Lifter Puller in Cleveland where we played to just the people who were working at the bar," frontman Craig Finn told CNN in a feature about late-blooming bands . "And there was one in Jackson, Mississippi, with the Hold Steady, at the very beginning of the band, our first tour -- there were more stray ...Spinner.com23 June 2010
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Red Pens: Prefix Artist to Watch (P.A.W.) ..Despite the democratic powers of the Internet, sometimes it can be very difficult for bands outside the Brooklyn-dominated indie blogosphere to build the kind of buzz they deserve. In the Midwest, positive reviews of Minneapolis's Red Pens -- particularly the band's compelling live show -- have been overflowing. Both Miles Raymer and Jessica Hopper of the Chicago Reader have lavished the band with praise. Raymer had the Red Pens open for his band, Mannequin Men , and Hopper, a Minneapolis music veteran, declared that the Red Pens were "the best Minneapolis band in a decade." That would reflect the end-of-year poll ...Prefix Magazine9 June 2010
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