Brooklyn Vegan — This week in the basement: Destroyer reissues, Sloan, A Place to Bury Strangers, psych supergroup MIEN, Mouse on Mars' guest-filled new LP, and Collapsing Scenery cover Randy Newman with James Chance. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Clan of Xymox, MGMT, Dead Meadow, k.d. lang, The English Beat, Randy Newman and more Monday show options. Continue reading… more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — When the Grammy Awards are given out at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night, the many pampered Angeleno musicians who’d normally summon an Uber to L.A. Live will be forced to make the treacherous trek eastward to Midtown Manhattan. With thun... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — When the Grammy Awards are given out at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night, the many pampered Angeleno musicians who’d normally summon an Uber to L.A. Live will be forced to make the treacherous trek eastward to Midtown Manhattan. With thun... more info

Chicago Tribune — As we prepare to roll into a new year of concerts, here are my favorite shows from 2017: 1. Kendrick Lamar at United Center, July 27: He was a man alone on stage playing multiple roles: “Kung Fu Kenny”; street kid who barely made it out of Compto... more info

JamBase — Watch Randy Newman sit for a piano-side chat with Jimmy Fallon and perform with The Roots on Monday’s episode of ‘The Tonight Show.’ more info

Stereogum — Since releasing his album Dark Matter earlier this year, the legendary wiseass singer-songwriter Randy Newman has been out there on the promo circuit, talking about the song he wrote about Donald Trump's dick and singing about Vladimir Putin on Colbe... more info

CNN Showbiz — Antoine "Fats" Domino, a titan of early rock 'n' roll whose piano-based hits -- such as "Ain't That a Shame," "Blueberry Hill" and "Blue Monday" -- influenced artists including Paul McCartney and Randy Newman, died Tuesday, according to Mark Bone, c... more info

Chicago Tribune — Randy Newman has made a nice living while piling up two Oscars, three Emmys and six Grammys for soundtracking movies and TV shows. The “Toy Story” franchise wouldn’t be the same without his tunes. At 73, the master songwriter decided it was tim... more info

Chicago Tribune — “Marie” is one of the lesser-known songs that Randy Newman chose to play Wednesday in the first of two sold-out concerts at City Winery, but it left a bruise all the same. It’s ostensibly a song about the narrator’s undying devotion to the ti... more info