2011 was (another) odd year for music. It felt like the average quality of albums was raised a bit, but nothing really stood out as a life-changing album or single of the year. Still, there was a lot of great music to be heard. Here’s fifty of my favorite tracks from the year, ranging from [...]

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If you’re on the Tom Waits mailing list, you’ll get a code today that allows you to stream Tom Waits’ new album Bad As Me at BadAsMe.com If you aren’t, head over there and click the “Request an Invite” link and one will be sent to you. Stream Tom Waits’ new album Bad As Me

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It what could be one of the most perfect pairings ever, here’s Tom Waits reading two Bukowski works, “The Laughing Heart” and “Nirvana.” You can hear what Waits has to say about Bukowski in this video. Tom Waits reads “The Laughing Heart” Tom Waits reads “Nirvana”

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Correct me if I’m wrong, but Tom Waits’ “Bad As Me” is the record we’re all waiting to hit stores at the moment. There are others to look forward to, sure, but this is the biggie of the fall. It’s out October 25, but you can check out another new song today. Here’s “Back in [...]

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Hank Williams III released four albums last week and I’m only now getting around to checking them out. I’ve never really listened to Hank the Third before, but if you put out four records in a week ranging from doom metal to folk, yeah, I’ll have a listen. “Fading Moon” off the Ghost to a [...]

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Annie hit up the Spin offices to support her upcoming album Strange Mercy (out Sept 13). She did an acoustic version of “Surgeon” off her new record and then covered Tom Waits’ “Tango Til They’re Sore.” Watch St Vincent perform acoustically at Spin

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Tom Waits’ new album Bad As Me is coming out Oct 25 on Anti. You can buy the title track as a digital single from your online store of choice today, but you can begin streaming it below while you do that. Tom Waits’ Bad As Me tracklist 01 “Chicago” 02 “Raised Right Men” 03 [...]

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Thanks to Cover Me for the video of St Vincent taking on Tom Waits’ “Big Black Mariah.” As he points out, it’s a bit funny since she not long ago covered the band Big Black.

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If their Middle Brother brothers Deer Tick become “Deervana” when they do Nirvana covers, does that make them Delta Spiwaits? Thank you, I’ll be here all week. And just think, the time you spent reading those last lines were ones you could’ve spent clinking the link below to check out those Delta Spirit covers… Check [...]

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