It might be true that the landscape of New York City isn't lacking in pizza shops -- both decent and, well, not so decent -- but the official grand opening of rock'n'roll pie palace the Pizza Shop on Wednesday night, June 25, was far removed from the usual slice stop.

What? While many a punk icon dwindle into obscurity, burn out or fade away, New York City's Jesse Malin, frontman of '80s hardcore act Heart Attack, and later glam rockers D Generation, among others, adopted a new countrified sound and forged a respected solo career. And tomorrow (June 3) he pushes forth, returning with a new live collection entitled Mercury Retrograde.

Producer/frontman Butch Walker is at it again, hitting the road for a July tour that spills into an August conclusion at Chicago's Lollapalooza, and releasing a new album, Sycamore Meadows, in August.