The XPN All About The Music Blog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Here's a live cover of The Decemberists' "The Engine Driver" (backed by members of The Decemberists) by Aimee Mann who kind of makes it a classic Aimee Mann song.The Engine Driver - Aimee MannVia Magnet
Some Velvet Blog (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Here's a live cover of The Decemberists' "The Engine Driver" (backed by members of The Decemberists) by Aimee Mann who kind of makes it a classic Aimee Mann song. The Engine Driver - Aimee Mann Via Magnet
wears the trousers magazine (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Aimee Mann & The Decemberists ‘The Engine Driver’ [live] Good news for Aimee Mann lovers: the Virginian singer-songwriter has launched a new online store to sell high-quality MP3s and lossless audio tracks from her entire SuperEgo back catalogue, that is, her five albums from 1999’s Magnolia OST to 2008’s @#%&*! Smilers, direct to her fans....
mel.opho.be (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
The math is simple, but to look at the cover art of ‘Til Tuesday’s 1985 debut, Voices Carry , it’s a little shocking to realize that Aimee Mann , the erstwhile startlingly coiffed college dropout, is now pushing 50. In fact she is, but apart from her easy-going demeanor, there seems to be scant evidence of the fact. Indeed, the skinny jeans and Chuck Taylors that she...
Buzz Bands LA (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
... the Echo, with the grouping of A Place to Bury Strangers , Darker My Love and All the Saints . … Aimee Mann closes out her fall tour at the Wiltern, supported by Fountains of Wayne . … It’s highly regarded Ghostface Killah at the Key Club. … Los Lobos, fresh off a performance earlier this week at the White House, headlines the House of Blues. … And at Spaceland, I Will Never Be the...
A quick rub down with the Sporting Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
... innefuctual. The sound is crap and the beer VERY over priced. With the exception of indigo2 to see Aimee Mann it's been nearly 30 years since I queued more than a couple of minutes to get into a venue and even at the O2 the goons are less interested in what you've got in your pockets than making the queues go in pretty lines. In the pub before hand I paid £6-30 for a round of...
Undercover Black Man (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A new CD from the Carolina Chocolate Drops is coming in February! It’s called “Genuine Negro Jig” (a front-runner for album title of the decade). Follow this link to Nonesuch Records to see the track listing. The album was produced by Joe Henry , the Daniel Lanois of the new millennium. He has produced Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint, Ani DiFranco, Aimee Mann, Solomon...
/Film (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
For the time being, treat this as a rumor report rather than reliable news. There was once a possible Danny Boyle project called The Texas Killing Fields, written by an ex-cop from Galveston, Texas. Boyle isn't making the film (he's making the Aron Ralston stroy 127 Hours instead) but there might be some new forward momentum on the film, thanks to the Michael Mann family and two recently-minted...
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" as crooned by the Comedy Death-Ray Xmas Nativity Choir a.k.a some of LA's best comedians a.ka. Paul F. Tompkins, R.O. Manse, Tig Notaro, Rob Huebel, Patton Oswalt, Mike Phirman, Jimmy Pardo, Brian Posehn & Scott Aukerman, Garfunkel & Oates, Aimee Mann, Chris Hardwick, Paul Scheer & June Diane Raphael, Doug Benson, Mary Lynn Rajskub,...
mel.opho.be (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... a list (from wikipedia) of some of the albums/songs he’s had a hand in: As producer Aimee Mann, Whatever, (1993) Aimee Mann, I’m with Stupid, (1995) The Crystal Method - “Bad Stone” (1997) Rufus Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, (1998) Eleni Mandell, Wishbone, (1998) Robyn Hitchcock, Jewels for Sophia, (1998) Robyn Hitchcock, A Star for Bram, (1999)...
The Sound of Young America (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... Oswalt, Mike Phirman, Jimmy Pardo, Brian Posehn & Scott Aukerman, Garfunkel & Oates, Aimee Mann, Chris Hardwick, Paul Scheer & June Diane Raphael, Doug Benson, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Nick Thune, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Cracked Out, Dragon Boy Suede, Natasha Leggero, Thomas Lennon & Ed Helms
A Rubber Door (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
More naught goodness. 81. One Beat (2002) - Sleater-Kinney 82. All This Time (2006) - Heartless Bastards 83. Welcome Interstate Managers (2003) - Fountains of Wayne 84. The Crane Wife (2007) – The Decemberists 85. Turn On the Bright Lights (2002) - Interpol 86. Lost in Space (2002) - Aimee Mann 87. Five Star Motel (2002) - Andy Stochansky 88. The Alternative to Love (2005) - Brendan...
enrevanche (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Aimee Mann Andrew Bird Ani DiFranco Art Tatum Avett Brothers The Beatles Bettye Lavette Big Joe Turner Big Star Bill Evans Bill Hicks Bill Monroe Bill Withers Billy Bragg Biz Markie Bo Diddley Bob Dylan Bobby Timmons Booker T Jones, with or without MG's British Sea Power Bruce Springsteen Buck Owens Bud Powell The Carter Family Charles Mingus Charlie Parker Chet Atkins Chet Baker Chic Coleman Hawkins...
Heretical Ideas Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Fantastic song by Aimee Mann from her best album, The Forgotten Arm. The video here misses the point of the song entirely, though.
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... by artists ranging from Neil Diamond ("Sweet Caroline") to The Beach Boys ("Caroline, No") to Aimee Mann ("Goodbye Caroline"). It's also been used by Chicago, Lou Reed, Fleetwood Mac, Cheap Trick and Concrete Blonde. Matilda"Waltzing Matilda" is a well-known Australian folk song, "Matilda" is a popular calypso song (performed by Harry Belafonte, among others), and "Matilda Mother"...
