Drew MorganTom Waits’ newest album, Bad As Me, feels like a nice change from boring ol’ Rock & Roll. In fact, it’s everything but! As one goes from track to track, there’s soul, jazz, folk, some Spanish-sounding ballads, and more. Tom Waits has always been a versatile artist, and he sure shows it on his newest offering. Take the opening track, “Chicago.” It feels like the studio engineer hit “record” just a few seconds after the band…
The Top Albums of The Decade: 2006
Tibi Puiu
This post is part of our “Top Albums of The Decade” series. Follow the series to read about the best music to grace our ears in the 2000s. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury (Re-Up, Star Trak) It’s a cold fucking world out there. As drug slingers or as emcees, Pusha T and Malice haven’t had the easiest of lives. That isn’t to say that either “career” is easy, but these guys could write a…
Impending Doom: Tom Waits Prepares Live Album.
Al Byrne
Hello. Have you been having a good day? Oh, I’m sorry – didn’t she warn you? Oh dear. Well, I’m sure they make a cream for that. Oh, they don’t? I see. Well, if anything is going to cheer you up, it’s the paragraphs which directly follow this one. Tom Waits’ fancy new website tells us that Mr Waits is going to release a two-disc live album, taken from his 2008 Glitter & Doom Tour….
Do The Jitterbug (Boy)
“Jitterbug Boy” isn’t the best song Tom Waits has ever written. It’s not even the best song on his splendid Small Change album – that honour goes to the simply phenomenal “Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind in Copenhagen)”. It’s not as memorably clever and self-deprecating as “The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)”, nor is it as stunning a composition as “An Invitation To The Blues”. It wasn’t picked to be part…
Tom Waits to play THE Devil in upcoming Terry Gilliam flick
There’s no doubt about it, Tom Waits is a very cool cat. Few people are as slick and sharp as Mr. Waits, a man who’s virtually portraits the perfect entertainer role, but when you can successfully entertain yourself you reach a whole other level, and seeing how Tom Waits is the depiction of coolness there’s no doubt about we’ll be in for some fun. What I’m talking about is the latest interview that had Tom…
Tom Waits on summer tour! Yahaa!
If you want to see one of the biggest badass people alive, grab a ticket to a Tom Waits show next to you. Now people, now! Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Phoenix, AZ US -Orpheum @ 8:00 PM Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Phoenix, AZ US – Orpheum @ 8:00 PM Friday, June 20, 2008 El Paso, TX US – Plaza Theatre @ 8:00 PM Sunday, June 22, 2008 Houston, TX US – Jones Hall @ 8:00…
New Scarlett Johansson video: ‘Falling Down’ (Tom Waits cover)
Scarlett’s musical debut is right around the corner, in the form of the Tom Waits cover songs exclusive “Anywhere I Lay Head.” Bellow you can check out the video for Falling Down, the first track from the upcoming album, set to get out on May 20th. In it we can follow Scarlett through her daily life as she gets lost in transition (what subtletly). Although I have a now notoriously huge crush on her, I…
Scarlett Johansson’s cover album gets a tracklist
Yesterday night at New Yorke’s Joe’s Pub, the gorgeous Scarlett Johansson aka the sexiest woman alive unveiled her debut album, titled “Anywhere I Lay My Head,” comprised of [tag]Tom Waits[/tag] covers. Ten Tom Waits covers to be exact and one original Scarlett Johansson track, called “Song for Jo,” to be fair. As previously reported the album was produced by David Sitek, of TV On The Radio, and includes some guest appearances from the Yeah Yeah…
Scarlett Johansson’s upcoming album to be produced by Sitek from TV On The Radio
After making a name out of herself in the movie business, acclaimed actress [tag]Scarlett Johansson[/tag] is set to make her appearance in the music world as well. You may have first listened to a glimpse of her vocal talents in “Summertime” for Unexpected Dreams – Songs from the Stars, a collection of songs recorded by Hollywood actors and most recently at the Coachella Festival, California where she sang with The Jesus And Mary Chain as…