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

Guardian Music — Pink Floyd lead an autumn of lavish box-set reissues, while Lykke Li and Tom Waits add a touch of the wild and warpedThe UnthanksChief among the Unthanks' multifarious talents – an array of skills that includes clog dancing – is their ability to... more info

Guardian Music — From Feist, Björk and Laura Marling, to Noel Gallagher, Roots Manuva and Tom Waits – plus a promising debut by one David Lynch, director – our writers run you through the most anticipated releases of the seasonBJöRK: Biophilia(One Little Indian... more info

The Quietus — Title track from Waits' new album now available to stream via his label more info

Stereogum — The St. Vincent Strange Mercy cycle is furiously churning right now. So, if you’re all the way through the rabbit hole on this one, here’s a video of St. Vincent covering Tom Waits’ “Tango Till They’re Sore” for Spin as well as performing... more info