Tracksounds — A Newman GuaranteeReview by Christopher ColemanPerhaps you, as I did, thought the age of traditional animation had come and gone. Most likely due to its poor critical reception and lackluster box office results, Disney's last feature release of this ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Since working on 1995's "Toy Story," composer-songwriter Randy Newman has become something of a Disney veteran. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Since working on 1995's "Toy Story," composer-songwriter Randy Newman has become something of a Disney veteran. He's also quick to point out that one doesn't write for an animated film looking for creative freedom. "You're a collaborator, but you're ... more info

Live Daily — The world wasn't exactly clamoring for a solo project by Julian Casablancas [ tickets ], yet The Strokes' frontman delivered an interesting effort with "Phrazes for the Young" and has backed it up with an impressive live show. The New York-born singe... more info

Guardian Music — Paul Morley introduces his alternative view of the decade that wasI don't know about you – and I'll just get this out of my system before the ghost of Christmas past comes to give me what for – but if there's one thing worse than a care... more info

The Red Radio — Mr. Casablancas has caused quite the stir here in Los Angeles with his recent residency at the Palace Theatre downtown. We've yet to make it to one of the shows, but folks keep raving and raving about how great they... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Ron Clements and John Musker talk about their fairy tale 'valentine' to New Orleans. The Disney animation team of Ron Clements and John Musker wrote and direct... more info

The Playlist — Not that we think they're infallible or anything ("Cars" is pretty brutal), but we're generally supporters of the Pixar animation company, despite there being some disagreement among our ranks as to which are their best efforts. In any case, most of ... more info

Guardian Music — It's the last ever School of Rock blog (sniff! sob! etc) and so time to climb the wooden hill to Bedfordshire in search of music's most soothing lullabiesIt takes all sorts, but I used to find that the sound of Peel favourites Truman's Water turned u... more info

Live Daily — Bruce Hornsby [ tickets ]'s return to fronting a rock band is marred by a puzzling inconsistency. While he certainly wants to be seen as having expanded his vocabulary in the 23 years since "The Way It Is," Hornsby expends too much energy copping son... more info