From Popmatters.com: 1. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (Anti-) Nick Cave's magnum opus, a thrilling pasticcio of magnanimous rock, pastoral folk, and wicked church music, covers more ground in two discs than most artists can in an entire career. God, cannibals, deception, nature, divine …
Critic Tom Moon reviewed Tom Waits' new album 'Real Gone' on NPR's All Things Considered last wednesday: "Tom Waits' change in approach on Real Gone can make the new album a challenge to hear, but worth digging into." NPR.org has archived the audio review titled "Waits Departs from Conventions on …
Tom Waits is on the cover of the current issue of Harp Magazine. The copy features an article by Tom Moon: Ever the innovator, Tom Waits reminds us to expect the unexpected on his new album, Real Gone, which offers a collaboration with his son, dance instruction and Waits' own …
The PLUG Independent Music Awards began in 2001 and are dedicated to celebrating the artists that flourish independent of Major label support. PLUG is about the independent community – fans and biz – coming together to recognize its own. Epitaph and Anti- have recieved 11 nominations for this year's awards …
Shooting his best pal, snubbing the ‘60s, bottled off by Zappa fans, selling a million albums at 50, it’s been a life in reverse for Tom Waits, the meths-voiced genius of picaresque polka-rock… “He comes in for coffee sometimes. Reads some poetry. They told me he was a musician. Tom …
Tom Waits makes a rare British television appearance when he is featured on Channel 4’s UK Music Hall of Fame next month. The show, to be screened on Sunday 14th November, will be the first time the legendary American singer has been seen by UK viewers in more than a …