Jesse Malin

Gaslight Anthem Shine, But Don't Explode

I hope Broadway Calls fans will forgive me for thinking that meeting a friend for a couple of Ontario microbrews at C'est What was a better way to spend the early part of Tuesday evening than seeing the Oregon pop-punk band. I'm sorry, kids. But the Kool Haus was already pretty full when we arrived a couple of songs into Jesse Malin's set, and I...
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Gaslight Anthem

Jesse Malin @ NXNE 2007

Background/Composition: The New York City ex-punker pulls a Ryan Adams with countrified rock. Grade: 96 Comment: This show was way, way better than any simple half-hour NXNE set has the right to be. Seriously. Achievement of Rock 'n' Roll Expectations 80-100: Exceeds skill and knowledge expectations, i.e. rocked us so hard we peed...
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NXNE 2007

Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social — Love It To Life

Jesse Malin has always come off as the poor man's Paul Westerberg; time spent in a debaucherous, under-appreciated band (D Generation) led into a prolific, if under-appreciated solo career. Love It To Life is his sixth record in eight years, and finds a fine balance between his more ragged, Replacements-esque tendencies and rock star designs...
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Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social's Love It To Life

Gogol Bordello Connect The Human Tribe At Sound Academy

You had to wonder why Jesse Malin was on Tuesday night's bill. The New York rocker mixes alt.country with punk and comes across as Ryan Adams (in fact, he's worked with Adams in The Finger and Adams produced his debut album) with more posture, more lip and less crazy. So he seemed quite out of place with gypsy/cabaret act DeVotchKa and Gogol...
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Gogol Bordello

Jesse Malin's On Your Sleeve

While Jesse Malin was touring behind his The Fine Art Of Self Destruction debut, he'd often play covers to round out his set. Over the course of that tour, people began requesting particular songs, and Malin started joking about recording a covers record. It's not a joke anymore, because On Your Sleeve will be out on Oct. 28 through One Little...
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Jesse Malin: People In L.A. Thought I Was A Male Prostitute

There are a few things that Jesse Malin did differently with his new album, Glitter In The Gutter. Most notably, the perpetual New York punk who was formerly with D Generation and Heart Attack upped and moved to Los Angeles. But as he's quick to point out, it was purely for recording purposes. "The album was written all in New York. I...
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