Guardian Music — Koko, LondonMatthew Ward is set to bid farewell to his cult status. After a decade spent forging a solo career in the cosy backwater of the US alt-country and indie-folk scenes, the singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon, saw his seventh album, A Wa... more info

Guardian Music — Following our history of Belgian pop and guide to the country's music scene, we talk to Tom Barman of Antwerp's dEUS about his band's noirish new direction and Belgium's cultural dividedEUS were formed more than 20 years ago in Antwerp, becoming the ... more info

Guardian Music — (Curuja)Perhaps the most surprising thing about Jesca Hoop's back story – a Mormon upbringing, a period sleeping out in the wilderness, a job nannying Tom Waits's kids – is how little eccentricity it seems to have conferred on her music. Her thir... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As you may remember, Tom Waits was to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon back in April which ended up being postponed for "a later date TBA." Those appearances have finally... more info

Prefix — Back in April we announced that Tom Waits would be making rare TV appearances on David Letterman and ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/tom-waits-reschedules-letterman-and-fallon-appeara/66501/ more info

Consequence of Sound — Waits hits late night next month. more info

DrownedInSound — DiS' editor hand-picks five things for you to listen to this weekend... Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — Tom Waits is such a one-off that even his juvenilia suggests wisdom beyond his yearsWritten in 1973, when Tom Waits was just 24, Martha finds this earliest incarnation of one of the US's most intriguing musical characters dropping comfortably into th... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonVinicio Capossela may still be little-known in the UK, but in Italy he is acquiring the status of his early hero Paolo Conte as the country's best-known musical maverick, thanks to a style that echoes anything from Tom Waits to the ro... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Hailing from Hobart, Tasmania and described by some as ‘unconventional’ and ‘theatrical’, the indie pop four piece Enola Fall combines sharp musical proficiency diverse instrumentality with captivating and interactive live shows. Singer Joe ... more info