The world of rock and roll is full of stories: rags to riches, burning out instead of fading away, beating the devil in a fiddle contest and so on. Rock is almost as much a literary genre as a musical one. Craig Finn and his band The Hold Steady…

Craig Finn is a veteran writer, guitarist and singer and has been around the block more than a few times since starting indie-rock band LFTR PULLR in Minneapolis in 1994. Ten years later he formed the Hold Steady in Brooklyn, which went on to release six albums, the most recent in 2014. Finn’s solo…

Photos: Alessio Neri SAN FRANCISCO — Vancouver rock and punk duo Japandroids returned to the Bay Area Tuesday for the first of two shows at The Fillmore, in support of recently released LP Near To The Wild Heart Of Life. Japandroids, Craig Finn & The Uptown Controllers 8 p.m., Wednesday The Fillmore Tickets: $25.…

Craig Finn, courtesy. Craig Finn is better known for his work with The Hold Steady, but with “Maggie, I’ve Been Searching For Our Son,” he takes a page from the playbook of the great storytelling songwriters like Springsteen and Dylan, telling the tale of worrying about children at movie theaters…