Tom Waits

Art Pop Rock 

Such a Crumbling Beauty: Tom Waits’ Rain Dogs Turns 40

September 30, 2025October 1, 2025 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1985, 40th Anniversary, Clap Hands, Downtown Train, Hal Willner, Island Records, Kathleen Brennan, Kurt Weill, Rain Dogs, Rod Stewart, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits, Trevor Horn

Looking back on a vagabond masterpiece

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Rock 

Hong Kong Stingray Doubles Down

March 7, 2025March 8, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Beck, Chet Delcampo, Hong Kong Stingray, Los Angeles, Sparklehorse, The Beta Band, The Deepest Shades of Red, Tom Waits

Diving into Chet Delcampo’s 2LP set, The Deepest Shades of Red

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Country and/or Western Folk 

Drive On: Johnny Cash’s American Recordings Turns 30

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, American Recordings, Anthony DeCurtis, Glenn Danzig, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Leonard Cohen, Nick Lowe, Rick Rubin, Tom Waits

Looking back on the album that reintroduced the Man in Black

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Rock 

What He Built: Tom Waits’ Mule Variations Turns 25

April 17, 2024 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1999, 25th Anniversary, ANTI-, Big in Japan, Epitaph Records, Filipino Box Spring Hog, Guided By Voices, Mule Variations, They Might Be Giants, Tom Waits, What's He Building?

Looking back on his most accessible LP of the post-Asylum era

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North Americana Pop Rock 

How On the Border Encapsulated the Magic of the Eagles

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1974, 50th anniversary, Already Gone, Asylum Records, Bernie Leadon, Bill Szymczyk, Don Felder, Don Henley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Glyn Johns, On The Border, Randy Meisner, Tom Waits

Looking back on the superstar band’s underrated third album

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Indie Rock North Americana Rock 

WATCH: Briget Boyle Shares Video for “Heartbreak Residue”

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments boygenius, Briget Boyle, California, Heartbreak Residue, Kathleen Edwards, Liz Phair, Oakland, Quincy Jones, The Rolling Stones, Tim Boyle, Tom Waits, Video

The Bay Area singer-songwriter exercises through the grief on the title track to her latest album

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Blues Experimental Rock 

Tom Waits Celebrates 40 Years of Swordfishtrombones with New Reissues

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1983, 40th Anniversary, Frank's Wild Years, Island Records, Kathleen Brennan, Rain Dogs, Reissues, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits

Also available today are remastered editions of Rain Dogs and Frank’s Wild Years

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Folk Indie Rock Rock 

LISTEN: Jesse DeNatale Shares “Right Before My Eyes”

June 10, 2023June 10, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Ben Fong-Torres, Blue Arrow Records, California, Fleetwood Mac, Jackson Browne, Jesse DeNatale, San Francisco, The Hands of Time, Tom Waits

The California singer-songwriter’s new album, The Hands of Time, due July 14th

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Folk Rock 

Little Trip To Heaven: Tom Waits’ Closing Time At 50

March 6, 2023 Craig Peters 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Asylum Records, Blue Oyster Cult, Closing Time, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, The Hollies, Tom Waits

A look back at Tom Waits’ masterful (and uncharacteristic) debut

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etc. Experimental Noise Rock 

The Earth Died Screaming: Bone Machine Turns 30

September 6, 2022September 6, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Bone Machine, David Hidalgo, Island Records, Keith Richards, Larry Taylor, Les Claypool, Los Lobos, Tom Waits

Looking back on Tom Waits’s most visceral sack of gold

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Progressive Rock Rock 

Tony Levin at 75

June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, Bryan Ferry, David Bowie, Joan Armatrading, John Lennon, King Crimson, Lou Reed, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, The Roches, Tom Waits, Tony Levin

An exclusive birthday chat with the bass legend about his time with King Crimson, John Lennon, Peter Gabriel and more

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Hip Hop Rap 

How’d You Get My Name and Number?: De La Soul Is Dead at 30

May 20, 2021September 25, 2023 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, De La Soul, De La Soul Is Dead, Long Island, Maseo, Plug 1, Plug 2, Plug 3, Posdnuos, Prince Paul, Tom Waits, Tommy Boy, Trugoy, Trugoy The Dove

Still unavailable on streaming services, the second De La Soul albums nevertheless remains a high-water mark in hip-hop creativity

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Blues Pop Soul 

With a Superb New Album, Tom Jones Intertwines Music With Memories

May 5, 2021March 24, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Billy Joe Shaver, Bob Dylan, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, John Lee Hooker, Keith Richards, Long Lost Suitcase, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Praise & Blame, Richard Thompson, Sister Rosetta Thorpe, Spirit in the Room, Surrounded By Time, Tom Jones, Tom Waits

On the cusp of 81, the Welsh pop icon still knocks ’em dead as Surrounded By Time sees him tackling tunes by Dylan, Macca, the Stones and more

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adblock Alternative Rock Art Pop Electronic Hip Hop New Wave Pop Rock 

Well, Did You Evah: Red Hot + Blue at 30

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 T.A. Inskeep 1 Comment 30th Anniversary, AIDS, Cole Porter, Fine Young Cannibals, Jimmy Somerville, Jody Watley, Jungle Brothers, Les Negresses Vertes., LGBTQ, Red Hot + Blue, Red Hot Organization, Salif Keita, Sinead O'Connor, The Pogues, Tom Waits, U2

The Red Hot Organization was launched in 1990 with a Cole Porter tribute album

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North Americana 

THE BEST ‘VARIOUS ARTISTS’ LP OF 2019: Revving Up the Ol’ 55

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 Meghan Roos 1 Comment Aimee Mann, Allison Moorer, Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits, Corinne Bailey Rae, Dualtone Records, Joseph, Roseanne Cash, Shelby Lynne, Tom Waits, Warren Zanes

A new all-women tribute album offers a unique lens honoring songwriting legend Tom Waits

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