Aimee Mann, Queens of the Summer Hotel If a musical version of “Girl, Interrupted” sounds tasteless to you, then Queens of the Summer Hotel, the latest album by Aimee Mann, may not be your cup of tea. Mann announced three years ago that she was writing the songs for a stage…

The last 13 years of Ted Leo’s life reads like the script for Gladiator. Coming off 2003’s Hearts of Oak and 2004’s Shake The Sheets, the New Jersey musician was riding high with an unexpected success that by that point had already survived two previous lives. The former Citizen’s…

Photos: Gary Chancer SAN FRANCISCO — The cliche description of Aimee Mann‘s songs is that they are emotionally depressing, but her music is so much more than that. Listen closely and you’ll see she is literally a genius in her ability to write and sing about human emotions. Friday at the…

As Election Day approaches Nov. 8, an independent website will issue new and unreleased music from Death Cab for Cutie, R.E.M., Aimee Mann and more as part of a “30 Days, 30 Songs” campaign. The website’s aim is to derail Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, who came off one…