My Old Kentucky — Scarlett Johansson's Tom Waits cover album was divisive, to say the least. Either you loved it or hated based on comments on this blog and throughout the internet. She is back with another cover from a music icon, Jeff Buckley's Last Goodbye. The ... more info

Stereogum — He's Just Not That Into You is a new movie based on a self-help book based on an episode of Sex & The City. In other words, I have no intention of seeing it. But, if forced, I would at least look forward to its soundtrack: My Morning Jacket, R.E.M.... more info

Undercover, Australia — Tom Waits fans will soon to be able to visit the places where his classic songs were inspired. more info

The Telegraph Blog — Reading Barney Hoskyns' excellent forthcoming biography of Tom Waits, Lowside of the Road, sent me back to listen once more to Waits' haunting collaboration with the British avant-garde composer Gavin Bryars, on Bryars' piece Jesus' Blood Never Fail... more info

Paste Magazine — When Johnny Cash passed away, the title of Coolest Man Alive fell to a former Coast Guardsman/dishwasher/nightclub singer named Thomas Alan Waits. Notoriously enigmatic with journalists, the curtain of Waits' vaudevillian persona has been pulled back... more info

Paste Magazine — We're proud to announce Paste's first foray into book publishing, An Indie Rock Alphabet Book . Written by Paste's own Caren Kelleher, Kate Kiefer and Rachael Maddux and illustrated by Owen the Owen, it's a unique way for musically inclined kids to ... more info

Pitchfork — The list of names assembled for the forthcoming N.A.S.A. album The Spirit of Apollo, out February 17 on Anti-, makes our heads hurt. Somehow, the production duo of Squeak E. Clean (Spike Jonze's brother Sam Spiegel) and DJ Zegon (pro skateboarder Ze ... more info

Pitchfork — The list of names assembled for the forthcoming N.A.S.A. album The Spirit of Apollo, out February 17 on Anti-, makes our heads hurt. Somehow, the production duo of Squeak E. Clean (Spike Jonze's brother Sam Spiegel) and DJ Zegon (pro skateboarde... more info

Culture Bully — First he collaborates with Atmosphere on last year’s When Life Gives you Lemons… and now Tom Waits is lending his growl to N.A.S.A.’s “Spacious Thoughts,” (alongside Kool Keith no less). How long before we can expect a... more info

My Old Kentucky — Another creeper this year was Ode To Sunshine by the Delta Spirit. Maybe it wasn't a creeper really, I was probably just slow on the uptake. Either way, you'll find it on a whole lot of 2008 Best Of lists. Soulful americana rock-pop that will do y... more info