Jesse Malin: Glitter in the Gutter

Status of copy at Case Memorial Library
Eric R. Danton wrote in his Hartford Courant blog Sound Check: "Northampton has been good to Jesse Malin over the past few years, supplying him with a steady stream of gigs when he was between record deals and working on new material. Malin returned the favor Sunday night at the Iron Horse Music Hall with a passionate show that mixed songs from his new record with older tunes and a generous ration of covers. The wise-cracking New Yorker and his band were all business at the start, knocking out nine tunes in about 30 minutes. Later, Malin became more expansive, telling stories and jokes and urging the audience to sing or clap along. … Malin usually sticks to acoustic guitar on stage, but played a black electric guitar on about half the songs Sunday. The new tune 'Prisoners of Paradise' was the first of these, and the seething guitar intro ignited into a blazing rock ’n’ roll anthem with an irresistible melodic hook. The singer alternated between tunes from his third and latest album, 'Glitter in the Gutter,' and his 2003 solo debut, 'The Fine Art of Self-Destruction'" (4/1/07).