Tom Waits News and Photos

Polica played Fallon (instead of Tom Waits & while Bon Iver was taping Austin City Limits) - video

Thu, April 26 2012 8:14pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Twin Cities StarTribune sums it up nicely : [ Polica ] properly seized the moment, which came to them last-minute after Tom Waits had to cancel.

All aboard the Tom Waits bus tour!

Mon, April 23 2012 12:46pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

You can't get more than 10ft down the main drag of Hollywood Boulevard without being offered a Los Angeles bus tour.

Tom Waits, Refused postpone late night appearances

Sat, April 21 2012 9:25pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

You'll have to wait a little longer before seeing Tom Waits and Refused perform on late night as both acts have postponed their scheduled appearances for this coming week.

Tom Waits postpones Letterman & Fallon appearances

Tue, April 17 2012 11:47pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Since it's billed as a "food and wine" festival "with music," I don...

Check Out: Metric Covers Tom Waits

Tue, April 17 2012 3:10pm - Source: Pretty Much Amazing

Metric are gearing up for the June release of their fifth album Synthetica by hitting the festival circuit as well as the exclusive radio live set circuit pretty hard.

Video: Metric covers Tom Waits’ “Strange Weather”

Mon, April 16 2012 4:41pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

Indie rockers Metric recently laid down a cover of Tom Waits' "Strange Weather" for WFUV's indie offshoot The Alternate Side. Singer Emily Haines plays to her strengths, avoiding the sneer Waits gives the track on 1988′s Big Time.

Tom Waits announces Fallon/Letterman performances

Wed, April 11 2012 9:56am - Source: The Four Oh Five

Usually press releases centered around scheduled appearances of musicians on TV shows would head straight to the bin, but Tom Waits is no ordinary artist, and his forthcoming appearances on Letterman and Fallon will see the legendary figure perform songs from Bad As Me for the first time.

Tom Waits To Appear On Letterman, Fallon

Wed, April 11 2012 9:36am - Source: ClashMusic.com

Tom Waits is set to appear on Letterman and Fallon later this month performing material from 'Bad As Me'.

Tom Waits talk show tour

Tue, April 10 2012 12:27pm - Source: Music-News.com

Tom Waits is about to do the talk show rounds with appearances planned for Late Night With David Letterman and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.

John Mayer Covers Lana Del Rey, Tom Waits on TV & More -- News Roundup

Mon, April 09 2012 6:03pm - Source: Spinner

John Mayer covers Lana Del Rey 's "Video Games," and there's not much to hate about it.

Tom Waits to perform Letterman and Fallon

Mon, April 09 2012 4:24pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

Later this month, Tom Waits will perform material off his latest LP, Bad As Me , for the very first time during back-to-back performances on Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Tom Waits coming to NYC to play Letterman & Fallon

Mon, April 09 2012 2:28pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

TOM WAITS is heading to NYC this month to perform on late night television.

Tom Jones and Warpaint drummer cover Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and The Low Anthem on his new LP

Fri, March 30 2012 9:39pm - Source: NME

Tom Jones is set to cover songs by artists such as Leonard Cohen , Tom Waits and The Low Anthem on his brand new album, 'Spirit In The Room'.

Shades of Tom Waits...

Mon, March 26 2012 9:34pm - Source: MOG

This is/was his debut release... and a fine one it was!

Tom Waits :: Books Of Moses (Skip Spence)

Wed, March 21 2012 3:07pm - Source: Aquarium Drunkard

Twelve or so years ago Birdman Records released More Oar , a 17 track tribute to the music of Alexander 'Skip' Spence.

HANK WILLIAMS III: THE METALSUCKS INTERVIEW

Wed, March 14 2012 8:20pm - Source: Metal Sucks

In country music, the surname "Williams" has become almost a talisman — the mark of a dynasty, and a legacy unto itself.

25 Years On: Franks Wild Years By Tom Waits Revisited

Wed, February 29 2012 4:24pm - Source: The Quietus

The mercurial nature of Tom Waits and the debates that swirl violently around him - pausing only momentarily in his shape shifting - seem to be universal constants.

Willis Earl Beal: Wants To Be The Black Tom Waits

Tue, February 28 2012 6:43am - Source: WRMC 91.1 Middlebury College Independent Radio

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Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner

Fri, February 24 2012 8:56am - Source: The Ripple Effect

I found Waits via his readings of Bukowski's works (to me Waits sounds exactly like Hank's poems were meant to sound when read aloud, versus the author's own readings, which to me just absolutely fail).

5-10-15-20: Matthew Herbert

Mon, February 13 2012 7:46am - Source: Pitchfork Media

5-10-15-20 features artists talking about the songs and albums that made an impact on them throughout their lives, five years at a time.

Book Notes - Dan Chaon - "Stay Awake"

Tue, February 07 2012 7:01pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

Rising: Willis Earl Beal

Tue, February 07 2012 6:26am - Source: Pitchfork Media

His proper debut album isn't out yet, but there's already an extensive mythology surrounding Chicago singer-songwriter Willis Earl Beal. He's got a booming, soulful voice and lives with his grandmother on the South Side. He doesn't have a day job.

What's Buzzing In My Ears - John Hammond

Fri, February 03 2012 8:56pm - Source: MOG

John Hammond never got over the blues revival of the early '60s, and that made his career.

TOM WAITS - BAD AS ME

Tue, January 10 2012 4:37pm - Source: Uncut.co.uk

Tom Waits keeps his audience on the edge of their seats.

Number Ten 2011 - Tom Waits

Mon, January 09 2012 2:54pm - Source: Highway Five

Great to have Tom Waits back with a LP that mixed parts of his post Swordfish output with aspects of his early work.

Southside Johnny with LaBamba’s Big Band – Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits (2008)

Sat, December 31 2011 2:01pm - Source: Something Else!

This release had been a rumor for years.

Florence Welch: 'I'd love for Tom Waits to cover 'Shake It Out''

Thu, January 01 1970 12:20am - Source: NME

Florence And The Machine 's Florence Welch has said that she would most love to have Tom Waits cover one of her tracks.

List: Irish Acts’ own favourite Albums of 2011 Part 2

Tue, December 20 2011 3:21pm - Source: Swear I'm Not Paul

Like last year , I got in touch with many Irish bands and artists to ask them to countdown their top five albums of the year.

Mercy and Grand: The Tom Waits Project, Spitalfields Music Winter Festival, review

Wed, December 14 2011 6:30pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

The combo's collective expertise was paraded to dazzling effect in their performance of Rota's theme from Fellini's 8½ , where they raced from placid evocations of moonlight under the stars to a screeching train wreck enhanced by blaring horns and sirens.

Half Notes: Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (1985)

Tue, December 13 2011 1:37pm - Source: Something Else!

I've only seen Tom Waits in a live setting once.

Aquarium Drunkard :: 2011 Year In Review

Mon, December 12 2011 3:08pm - Source: Aquarium Drunkard

Here it is — our obligatory year-end review.

Video:: Happy Birthday, Tom Waits

Wed, December 07 2011 2:49pm - Source: Herohill

It's crazy to think Tom Waits is that old or that young really.

Awesome Album Covers: Tom Waits’ “Rain Dogs”

Sun, November 27 2011 12:19am - Source: WNEW

A brilliant photo of a young man clutched to the breast of — what appears to be — an older woman, who's seemingly laughing or, maybe, singing.

tom waits’ kcrw “snap” sessions, santa monica, 11.10.73

Fri, November 25 2011 4:25pm - Source: Captains Dead

top of the day after thanksgiving, or for those of you anywhere else, the day after a thursday. my thanksgiving was lovely and relaxing. we went to the wife's new restaurant/hotel, the renaissance marriott in baton rouge. took some pics of the event with my new panasonic lx5, which is a super awesome camera, btw. thanks to my father for purchasing it for me. i had to sell my g12, which is also a great camera, and really sucked being without one. woke up this morning with "san diego serenade" in my head and thus listened to it approx 20 times this morning. so i figured i would post a waits performance which has never graced this site. very interesting listen, as are most waits shows. the quality is good, not great, but the performances are spectacular.