CRAIG FINN INTERVIEW ON ESPN

Sometimes interviewers just know a bit too much, and they are a bit simpatico with the artist, and the interview ends up being not interesting.

Other times, the interview just has no clue, and that will lead to a crap interview 95% of the time.

But sometimes when an artist does an interview off of the beaten path, it is more interesting than the Rolling Stone/New York Times piece (and I say that as someone who reads both).

But I really enjoyed this online fan Q&A with The Hold Steady's Craig Finn on ESPN.com. It turns out that lots of indie rock fans are also baseball fans.