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Podcast Episode
Season
Eight
number
400
Type
Album Review
Post Date
9/11/2018

Lifter Puller

400 Half Dead and Dynamite by Lifter Puller

Half Dead and Dynamite

Label
No Alternative
Release year
1997
Producer
Mike Wisti

Can Craig Finn deliver a lyrical gut punch without The Hold Steady big rock bombast? We find out on Half Dead and Dynamite by Lifter Puller.

Author & Special Guests

Craig Finn is best known for his distinctive vocal and lyrical style thanks to The Hold Steady in the 2000s. But while that band channeled Bruce Springsteen, The Replacements and The Band for musical inspiration, his 1990s outfit Lifter Puller took a decidedly more angular approach with nods to Television, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Pavement. Digging into 1997's sophomore released Half Dead and Dynamite, the drugged up and drunken stories familiar to Finn fans are there, but the band backing him presents a different sonic approach, eschewing bombast and power chords for jagged rhythms and Radioshack keyboards.

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Songs in this episode

  • Intro - The Gin and the Sour Defeat
  • 10:45 - Half Dead and Dynamite
  • 17:03 - Nassau Coliseum
  • 21:18 - I Like The Lights
  • 29:17 - Rock for Lite Brite
  • Outro - The Bears

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