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After three critically acclaimed solo records, dozens of world tours and TV appearances, Jesse Malin found himself back in New York City questioning his next move. From his days fronting seminal hardcore trio Heart Attack and infamous glam punks D Generation, then seven years on the road as a solo artist, Malin had cultivated a devout fan base. He'd shared stages with everyone from The White Stripes to Counting Crows, The Hold Steady to Lucinda Williams, but felt like he was losing the plot.

Malin contemplated going back to school, becoming a standup comedian or a Las Vegas wedding DJ, and even started work on a documentary film about DC hardcore Rastafarians The Bad Brains. For over a year he didn't play or record. When asked by a Hollywood screenwriter to pen songs for a film about author J.D. Salinger, Malin - a fan of Catcher in the Rye and other Salinger works - traveled to Cornish, NH hoping to speak to the famous recluse. In typical punk-rock fashion, instead of getting the interview, Malin landed at the local precinct for trespassing and was released only after the cops watched his video duet with Bruce Springsteen for "Broken Radio" on YouTube and were convinced he was just a writer doing research. Though he never met Salinger (who passed away this past January), Malin made the most of the experience by writing "The Archer" and "Lonely at Heart"-two songs that would make him want to work again and become the basis for his new album.

When Jesse met producer Ted Hutt (Lucero, Flogging Molly, The Gaslight Anthem) one drunken night at a local bar, their talk of making a record fast, loose, and raw, was the beginning of Hutt's quest to create a record that would encompass Malin's roots and evolution-from hardcore thrasher to punk/folk singer-songwriter. The album's basic tracks were laid in three days at Greenpoint, Brooklyn's Mission Studios, and the rest at Sonic Youth's Think Tank Studios in Hoboken, NJ. Filled with the characters Malin does best-messengers and misanthropes, hipsters and hypocrites-and as always, his constant themes of redemption, nightlife, heartbreak, and survival, LOVE IT TO LIFE-a sentiment taken from a ticket stub Joe Strummer autographed for Jesse-was built with desperate optimism that shouts in gang vocals that no matter how bad it gets, you're never alone.
http://www.jessemalin.com/

The Dimmer Twins are 2 of the 4 pieces that make up the Richmond, VA based, rock and roll band, Horsehead. Singer/songwriter Jon Brown and guitarist Kevin Inge wanted a way to tour in situations where the full, loud Horsehead was not feasible... enter The Dimmer Twins. Jon and Kevin took their existing Horsehead catalogue and rearranged the songs for a more intimate and immediate setting. Mainly performing with just two acoustic guitars and hints of pedal steel, the duo brings you inside the circled wagons to experience rather than only watch. The music is both deeply grounded in history and wondrously performed; it's hard to listen without tapping your foot or clapping along. For Jon and Kevin this way of performing has taken on a revivalist feel of its own, sometimes spiritual, sometimes devilish, but always a party.

Show-goers are treated to things they don't normally get to hear when seeing a band at full stage volume. The show swings like a pendulum from hushed moments of a single guitar and voice to a loud, foot-stompin', hollerin', screamin', testifyin', rock and roll show. Ultimately, the goal of these performances is to highlight the stories within and behind the songs that can sometimes be lost behing the loud hum of amplifiers and the crack of the drums. Leave your cares aside and be prepared to be singing along by the end of the night.
http://www.facebook.com/TheDimmerTwins

Official Website: http://www.jamminjava.com/

Added by Jammin Java on May 3, 2011

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