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RS: 4of 5 Stars

2004

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Under the eyeliner and CBGB-hardened sneer that Jesse Malin wore in D Generation was, in fact, a Bowery cowboy -- a singing-storytelling tangle of Hank Williams, Joe Strummer, Neil Young and the Ramones -- waiting to bust out. The Heat is liberation time: sharply drawn slices of naked-city life, rich in scarred guitars and made vivid and personal by Malin's cutting East Village-barfly yowl. These are familiar tales of lost women and running men, but the sting and color in Malin's language and voice put you right by his side in these noisy bars and deserted bedrooms. "I got more material for the blues," he sings in "Swinging Man," in something between a snarl and a sigh, sounding like he's just getting started.

DAVID FRICKE

(Posted: Jul 8, 2004)

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