Stereogum — For nearly 40 years, the name "Weird Al" Yankovic has been synonymous with the art of novelty parody songs. He's been out here, spoofing any sufficiently popular song, for longer than most of us have been alive. But Yankovic has never been a part of ... more info

Detroit Free Press — Brian McCollum breaks down notable metro Detroit concerts, March 8-14.             more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Weird Al & Lin-Manuel Miranda will be on 'Fallon' tonight. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Every month, Lin-Manuel Miranda is dropping a new piece of Hamilton content in a series that he's calling, yes, Hamildrops. Previously, the Hamildrops series has given us a Decemberists song about Ben Franklin. And now, in the latest installment, it'... more info

Stereogum — Today, the longtime novelty-song radio host Dr. Demento released a double-CD compilation called Dr. Demento Covered In Punk. It's got punk bands covering novelty songs and funny-music types covering punk songs, and it's just a ridiculous amount of fu... more info

New York Times — Career retrospectives, live recordings, archival digs and actual swords: a roundup of some of the most notable collections of 2017. more info

Stereogum — Stephen Malkmus is the latest musician to cover the Squidbillies theme song. The Adult Swim animated show has already had Bob Mould, Steve Earle, Against Me!, Ty Segall, and "Weird Al" Yankovic cover it this season alone. "It was fun to listen to all... more info

Stereogum — Dr. Demento Covered In Punk is a new compilation from veteran radio host Dr. Demento, the man who launched "Weird Al" Yankovic's career. A press release outlines the conceit: "over thirty different, never before released, all-new 'punk' cover version... more info

Stereogum — Early next year, Dr. Demento, the longtime king of novelty-song radio, will release a new collection called Covered In Punk, a two-hour quasi-compilation that includes big stars doing punk covers of novelty songs and novelty covers of punk songs. The... more info

Stereogum — The classic 1971 Gene Wilder movie Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory was brought to life at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend, with an all-star cast of celebrities performing the film's music live accompanied by DeVotchKa. John Stamos starred as Will... more info