We happened to be backstage at the Black Cat in Washington D.C. when we heard some determined harmonies booming out in the hallway. It was the Williams brothers-Roy and Kevin-from the Minor White, singing a few old favorites in the next room while the band was waiting …

A lot of great bands play with their hearts laid out on the stage, and while that much is blatantly obvious in These United States, what's especially true for singer Jesse Elliott, and what I generally find to be rare and unique, is that he seems to stomp all over his …