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

Brooklyn Vegan — The Long Winters (Roderick second from left) The Long Winters frontman John Roderick will play a few shows with Aimee Mann in January followed by a headlining show at Mercury Lounge on 1/28/12. Tickets for the NYC show are on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Aimee Mann at MHoW (more by Andrew St. Clair) Aimee Mann has followed the footsteps of 2Pac, Fat Joe, 50 Cent, The Game, and many others on her new dis track, "Todd Barry is an Idiot", written with Tim Heidecker... more info

Perez Hilton — You may know them from their covers on YouTube, but this Pomplamoose original is so lovely! And sweet! It reminds us of Aimee Mann - and that's a very good thing! Check out Monster Mask (above)! Then CLICK HERE to listen to more music from his Pompla... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Portland's the Decemberists dropped some of its more baroque trappings, and followed-up the rock opera of 2009's "The Hazards of Love" with its most direct effort to date. more info

Indie Selections For Your Erections — 2011 Fourth of July Mix!!! 1. Matmos - The Stars and Stripes Forever2. Galaxie 500 - Fourth of July3. X - Fourth of July4. Bruce Springsteen - 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)5. Ryan Adams - Firecracker6. The Decemberists - July, July!7. Si... more info