Stereogum — Last month, Tom Waits let us hear the title track from his new album Bad As Me, and it was a vintage Waits junkyard-screamer of the highest order. Today, he released another track from the album as a single on iTunes, and in classic Waits fashion, th... more info

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The Quietus — 'Back In The Crowd', second single from upcoming album Bad As Me, now available digitally more info

NME — The crooner sings two songs with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band more info

Aquarium Drunkard — The collective Waits-ian growl has reached near audible levels as fans anticipate the release of October’s Bad As Me. If you haven’t yet, do check out the teaser video that was unveiled last month for the record — It’s pure Waits. So, to help... more info

Guardian Music — Transcender, London"Ecstatic, hypnotic and just plain psychedelic" is the motto for the Transcender festival, the pervasive feeling of the event being that music from anywhere in the world can blow someone's mind. Now in its third year, Transcender b... more info

Chicago Tribune — Metallica-Lou Reed, Drake, Coldplay, Tom Waits to release new musicHere come the would-be blockbusters. The music industry inevitably rolls out new releases by its biggest artists in the fall, just in time for holiday gift-giving. This year is no exc... more info

Guardian Music — Bob Log III's high-spirited set at End of the Road festival got me thinking of all those similar moments in music when an instrument sounds at its happiest'This is my guitar," said Bob Log III, holding the instrument aloft, his voice a distorted Ariz... more info

DrownedInSound — These amps distort 'til they sound like a fairground ride loop-de-looping through Tom Waits’ cochlea...nerdy intricacies and flowery flourishes...this is the sound of utter-utter-utter mastery. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com ... more info

Guardian Music — Guardian and Observer writers are picking their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Killian Fox pours praise on an album by Tom WaitsWhen I was 12 or 13, my older brother played two albums in the car on a long journey h... more info