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Scene report: The Hold Steady at Found Magazine day show
In a slightly sad bit of production, comedian Andy Kindler, who is often quite funny, took the stage minutes before The Hold Steady to “warm up” the crowd with some jokes. The crowd got heated, but probably not in the intended fashion. One fan threw something at the self-effacing comedian as he stumbled through five awkward minutes before introducing the band.
The band took the stage and frontman Craig Finn immediately had the crowd worked into a frenzy, as the band romped through “Constructive Summer.” Finn, despite his grad school looks, has as much swagger and energy as anyone you will see at SXSW, and he had the crowd in the palm of his hand, as the band delivered electric shocks through the sweaty crowd in the forms of “Multitude of Causalities,” “Navy Sheets,” and the set’s highlight, “Sequestered in Memphis,” which had the crowd soul clapping and singing along to the chorus: “Subpoenaed in Texas, sequestered in Memphis.”
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