News
Members of Mailing List Get First Dibs
Oct 17, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Today, Tom Waits gave loyal fans a surprise. As teased out with his album-announcement video (revisit it below), the gravel-voiced troubadour is hosting a private listening party of Bad as Me. More
Aug 23, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
Legendary singer/songwriter and prototype for gravel-swallowing vocalists everywhere Tom Waits has unveiled that he will be releasing his first new studio in seven years. More
Also: New Music from Wavves, Electrelane on Black Cab and Zola Jesus on Daytrotter
Aug 17, 2011
By Laura Studarus
So much news, so little time! Here is a roundup of all the entertainment stories that we didn't have time to post this week. More
Live LP Includes a Disc of Stage Banter
Oct 12, 2009
By Kyle Lemmon
Tom Waits fans will have a great stocking stuffer this year because the veteran musician is finally releasing a live album documenting his 2008 Glitter and Doom U.S./U.K. trek. Today, Waits' first ever website fleshed out the minor details. Glitter and Doom is due November 24th via Anti-, and the CD and vinyl will be span two tantalizing discs. More
Reviews
Nov 14, 2011
By Austin Trunick
Over the course of nearly four decades, Tom Waits has assumed the roles of a rogues’ gallery’s worth of seedy vagabonds, from big top barker to Burroughs-ian busker, beleaguered bluesman to Bukowski-an boozer. More
Edited by Paul Maher, Jr.
Published by Chicago Review Press
Aug 05, 2011
By Kyle Lemmon
Singer/songwriter-thespian-playwright Tom Waits is the definition of idiosyncratic. Over the course of his 40-years career his personal life remained largely hidden from the press and his loyal fans. This book—haphazardly edited by Paul Maher (Jack Kerouac's American Journey)—compiles about 50 interviews with the experimental artist. More
