Bill Wyman of the Huffington Post has a very humorous critique of Rolling Stone’s reviews of recent R.E.M. albums. Definitely worth your time.

San Diego City Beat has a great “throwdown showdown” pitting Elf Power (which is rolling through San Diego on tour) against Cat Power in categories such as Emotional Stability, Magical Powers and Sex Appeal. Check it out here.

An Evening With Patterson Hood
9 p.m., 40 Watt Club
Patterson Hood, frontman for the Drive-By Truckers, just can’t seem to stop performing. Whenever his band is on a break, he likes to take the stage to perform his solo material. Backing him tonight will be Trucker band mates John Neff and Brad Morgan, local producer Cavid Barbe and omnipresent local musician Jay Gonzalez. The gang is heading out on a mini-tour to Atlanta, Nashville, Oxford and Birmingham. The Truckers start their summer tour on May 1. pattersonhood.com. - David Bill

Music Hates You, Parasite Shoes, Prize Country, Sirhan Sirhan
10 p.m., Little Kings
San Diego-based trio Sirhan Sirhan is an alternative rock band influenced by Black Flag and Budweiser. Prize Country plays testosterone-fueled, post-punk rock ‘n’ roll with big guitars, chest-thumping bass and brain-throbbing beats. Local bands Music Hates You, a punk/metal band, and Parasite Shoes, a rock band led by Jon Ivey (formerly of Dirty Sanchez and the Pancho Villas), will also perform. www.myspace.com/sirhansirhan, www.myspace.com/prizecountry, www.musichatesyou.com or www.myspace.com/parasiteshoes. - Trisha Klein

Fact Not Fiction’s Farewell Show
10 p.m., Tasty World
Local band Fact Not Fiction is calling it quits and playing its final show tonight. While treble guitar player Jon Bryant and drummer Justin Allison are going to focus on school, frontman Zeke Sayer and bass guitarist Tyler Glenn are going to work together on a new project that will be detailed at www.thehumms.com. Funky, folk act Pholksinger Josh and alternative rock band Crumbling Arches will also perform. www.myspace.com/factnotfiction2, www.myspace.com/pholksinger or www.myspace.com/crumblingarches. - Trisha Klein

• 40 Watt: Patterson Hood with David Barbe, Jay Gonzalez, John Neff and Brad Morgan.
• Farm 255: Josh Taylor Band.
• Flicker: Big Gray, Venice Is Sinking.
• Georgia Theatre: Mama’s Love, Free Lunch.
• Go Bar: Bernard, Chrissakes, Mistletoe.
• Little Kings: Music Hates You, Parasite Shoes, Prize Country, Sirhan Sirhan.
• Melting Point: Mike Watson Band.
• Rye Bar: Alec Wooden.
• Tasty World (downstairs): Crumbling Arches, Fact Not Fiction, Mikey Mel & the JDs, Pholksinger Josh.
• Tasty World (upstairs): Gypsies Killing Unicorns.
• Washington Street Tavern: Uncle Daddy & the Time Machine Revival.
• Wild Wing Cafe: Sabo.