NASHVILLE SCENE | FEBRUARY 22, 2001

The title song off Salett's CD Heart of Mine was featured in the Edward Norton-Ben Stiller comedy Keeping the Faith, and the New York-based singer-songwriter will be appearing soon in the Sundance hit Wet Hot American Summer with Janeane Garofalo. But there are better reasons to see Salett's show at The Sutler than mere celebrity proximity. For a guy capable of lines like "There's always something so tragic / About a hopeless romantic," he's an unusually credible rocker whose pretty, piercing pop sometimes recalls those moments in the Velvet Underground when Lou Reed's Brill Building streak would shine through.