Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Aimee Mann - "The Charmer" (MP3) Aimee Mann at MHoW (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) As reported previously, Aimee Mann will embark on a US tour that lasts from late September through middle November. The shows include an NYC stop... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Aimee Mann - "Charmer" (MP3) Aimee Mann at MHOW in January (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Aimee Mann is set to release her new album, Charmer, on September 18 via Superego Records. The album was produced by band member Paul... more info

The Newsroom — Scott Shuffitt is living The Big Lebowski super-fan's dream. Eleven years ago, Shuffitt was just another struggling musician and casual movie buff who watched and re-watched The Big Lebowski religiously and quoted lines with his friends. Then, after ... more info

Said the Gramophone — Aimee Mann - "Charmer" Is it bad to think about other things during sex? Sometimes it's a one-way street, sometimes I feel all the good that's coming into me, but can't think about what's leaving. Sometimes I think he looks... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - The long awaited new album from Aimee Mann, Charmer, will be released September 18 on Superego Records. Influenced by what Mann calls the “super pop” of the 70s and 80s, the album is her first release since... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Larry Dimarzio It was popular game among guitar geeks in the Eighties: who is the better guitar player? Steve Vai or Joe Satriani. Vai played with Zappa as his resident stunt guitarist, Satriani was far more prolific as a composer and scored ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dominick Mastrangelo Aimee Mann @ MHOW Aimee Mann's concert at Carnegie Hall in New York on Saturday night (Jan. 28) was for the birds. Or, at least, birdcalls. The singer/songwriter has humbly admitted in the past that crafting... more info

Guardian Music — Crying at Christmas, pulling a pistol on Santa, doing something unspeakable to a snowman. Here is your idea of jingle hellHo ho ho? No, no, no. This week's been a catalogue of misanthropy, self-loathing and seasonal ill-will. I can't say I didn't ask... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The performer's annual holiday shows are more wistful than celebratory, and this year was another blue Christmas showcase, with shots of comedy for good measure. It's not any singer who can take a classic Christmas song as sparklingly effervescent as... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The semi-weekly Pop & Hiss rundown of the weekend's top concerts. Friday • Garfunkel & Oates @ Largo. The duo of Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci is going to get the novelty song tag, and no doubt the act's Upright... more info