Chicago Tribune — Craig Finn: The Hold Steady singer ventures out on his own with his first solo album, “Clear Heart Full Eyes” (Vagrant), which offers the moody, downcast flip side of his band’s celebratory rock, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Weste... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — For music releases...the first couple months of a new year is usually a dead time filled with leftovers, new bands, and sophomore albums.  It's very hard to make lists for bands with one album since their list is pretty much every song on their debu... more info

411 Mania — The first solo record from The Hold Steady's frontman Craig Finn is a trip into the world of singer-songwriters. Any fan of that group can tell you the trip isn't very far. Luckily, it's a good one. more info

Guardian Music — (Full Time Hobby)His solo debut sees Craig Finn abandoning the Hold Steady's trademark Springsteenesque bar blues. There are no "whoah whoahs", and the songs don't blaze out of the speakers as if they were racing each other home. Instead, beautiful s... more info

DrownedInSound — Craig Finn of The Hold Steady has gone solo. His debut record, _Clear Heart Full Eyes, is released on January 23 through Full-Time Hobby and now he's been announced as the tour support for The Felice Brothers. They'll be playing the following shows o... more info

NME - The Daily Download — The debut solo album from The Hold Steady's Craig Finn, 'Clear Heart Full Eyes' is in coming and we have the worldwide exclusive of the first single. [...] Read more! more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Eric M. Townsend "Went to The Hold Steady & Titus Andronicus at the BK Bazaar. Effing brill." - Kevin Plunkett Craig & Patrick @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar The Hold Steady, Titus Andronicus, Wakey! Wakey!, and W/O played the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Craig Finn on stage with The Hold Steady (more by Amanda Hatfield) As discussed, Craig Finn does the solo thing at a pair of area dates: Maxwell's on 3/1 and Mercury Lounge on 2/29. Tickets for the Mercury show just... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Craig Finn at Cabinet of Wonders in October (more by Chris Graham) The Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn is releasing his debut solo LP, Cleart Heart Full Eyes, on January 24 via Vagrant. You can stream the single, "Honolulu Blues,"... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As Bill just pointed out, BrooklynVegan is handling the Fucked Up Friday night show at the new Williamsburg version of the Brooklyn Night Bazaar (holiday shopping, eating and music), but I figured the fact that The Hold Steady, Titus... more info