“I wrote that song sitting in Malcolm X Park about five years ago,” announced Jesse Elliott after his group, These United States, finished its opening number Saturday night at the Black Cat. During “The Park” and next few tunes, his offhand remark seemed to encapsulate the singer-songwriter’s approach: an on-the-road poet who jots first-person lyrics wherever he goes and just happens to have a muscular country-punk band to drive his musings home. Read full article >>