Music

December, 1989

Sure, females say he's cute, but Australian-American rocker Johnny Diesel has talent, too--witness his U.S. debut, "Johnny Diesel and the Injectors." We asked him to assess "Heart Shaped World," the newest release by another singer-songwriter-guitarist whose chops compete with his looks--Chris Isaak."The sparse production, surf guitar and deep-set vocals on this record conjure up a setting somewhere in the canyons of the Dakotas; it's got a haunting, cinematic quality ab...