Tom Waits

Hip Hop 

ALBUMS: The Best Rap LP of 2019 Is Its Darkest

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2019, Backwoodz Studioz, Billy Woods, Hidden Places, Kenny Segal, Tom Waits

Billy Woods & Kenny Segal’s Hiding Places is to music what Parasite is to the big screen

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Music Journalism 

Jim Sullivan’s Famous Quotes, Vol. 1: December 2019

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Dee Dee Ramone, Hugh Cornell, Iggy Pop, Johnny Ramone, Neil Young, The Boston Globe, The Stranglers, Tom Waits

The former Boston Globe rock critic digs through his back pages for his most memorable interviews

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Alternative Rock Records Rock 

The Replacements: Dead Men Do Wear Plaid

September 24, 2019February 1, 2024 Eric Davidson 2 Comments 1989, Chris Mars, Dead Man's Pop, Don't Tell A Soul, Husker Du, Paul Westerberg, Rhino Records, Sire Records, Slim Dunlap, Soul Asylum, The Replacements, Tom Waits, Tommy Stinson

A look inside the new box set celebrating The Mats’ most polarizing album

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Blues Psychedelics Remembrance Rock 

Eulogy for ‘The Mole’

August 24, 2019September 6, 2022 Luci Turner 0 Comments Albert King, Buddy Guy, Canned Heat, John Mayall, Larry "The Mole" Taylor, Larry Taylor, Monterey Pop Festival, Rain Dogs, RIP, Ry Cooder, Swordfishfrombones, Tom Wait's band, Tom Waits

Remembering the life of Larry Taylor, legendary bassist for Canned Heat, Tom Waits and more

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Blues Experimental Folk Gospel Rock 

Looking Back: 20 Years of Tom Waits’ Mule Variations

May 9, 2019May 10, 2019 Luci Turner 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, Anti- Records, Tom Waits

Two decades later, this is one ass of an LP we can still get behind

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jazz Pop 

Beatniks, Bohemians and Barflies

March 1, 2019April 11, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Chuck E. Weiss, Rickie Lee Jones, Tom Waits

Rickie Lee Jones comes into her own on her stylish eponymous debut

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Rock 

Happy Birthday, Tom Waits!

December 7, 2018March 28, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Anti- Records, Asylum Records, Birthdays, Island Records, Tom Waits

An exclusive playlist celebrating a hero’s 69th year on earth

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Pop Rock Soul 

Final Asylum

November 6, 2018November 6, 2018 Robert Baird 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Elektra, Tom Waits

Tom Waits’ Heartattack and Vine Remastered, Revisited

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Rock 

Encapsulating The Past Through A Revamped Refrain

October 3, 2018October 3, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1988, 30th Anniversary, Island Records, Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits

Thirty years ago, Tom Waits releases Big Time

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