Mike's Music Interview Archive: Craig Finn, The Hold Steady. I've mostly stayed agnostic on the big music-critic feud of the past decade: the "Rockists" vs. the "Poptimists." The Poptimists have a point--rock music has some snobby, elitist elements, and way too many middle-aged white dudes for its own good...but then I put on The Hold Steady, and dammit, sometimes middle-aged white-dude music nerds have something worthwhile to say...can't we just call a truce? http://triblive.com/aande/music/5456734-74/finn-rock-hold#axzz3kPOrPIMn 1