After stints in the 1980s and '90s with hardcore bands and the glam-punk revival act D Generation, Jesse Malin found his true calling in the 2000s with a series of genre-bending solo efforts that found an urban toughness in roots rock. Garnering critical accolades and the high-profile endorsements of both Ryan Adams and Lucinda Williams, the native New Yorker has fused the catchy grit of Tom Petty, the vulnerability of Neil Young, and the street romanticism of Bruce Springsteen in one undeniably accomplished body of work.