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Readers recommend: Songs with great opening lines

5358 days ago
Guardian MusicLast time was all about the joys of noise. This week we're after songs that grip you from the offHello all. I hope this finds you in rude health. It's been quite a week here at Recommend Towers, one which has been filled with the odd-ball, the theatr... more info

David G Cox

5358 days ago
The Music FixCapsule Review: Intriguing debut which is bound to invite comparisons to Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits.Alongside releasing his debut album, David G Cox is completing a PHD in Black American Folklore and Gospel. Perhaps this academic interest explains ... more info

What does it mean to be 'big in Japan'?

5361 days ago
Guardian MusicIt's always been a rock in-joke. But these days making it in the far east is nothing to be ashamed of'I got the sheets but not the bed/I got the jam but not the bread/But, heh, I'm big in Japan." So sang Tom Waits in 1999's Big in Japan, his nod to t... more info

MUSIC INDUSTRY: 'Bones' Howe and Tom Waits the Odd Couple?

5365 days ago
All About JazzWhen label boss David Geffen teamed respected engineer 'Bones' Howe with an unknown and very strange songwriter called Tom Waits, he set in motion one of the great artist-producer partnerships. PHOTO: Bones Howe, Crystal Gayle and Tom Waits during... more info

OBITUARY: Herb Cohen Label Operator Introduced Mothers of Invention, Tom Waits

5365 days ago
All About JazzHerb Cohen, the tough, litigious manager and label operator who introduced such notables as the Mothers of Invention and Tom Waits during the '60s and '70s, died Tuesday of unknown causes in Napa, Calif. He was 77. After beginning his professional... more info

Tom Waits - Waits Music Manager Dies

5365 days ago
ContactMusicTOM WAITS and FRANK ZAPPA's former music manager HERB COHEN has died, aged 77.Cohen died of unknown causes on Tuesday (16Mar10) in Napa, California. In addition... more info

NASA featuring Tom Waits "Spacious Thoughts" (video by Flourescent Hill)

5368 days ago
TopixN.A.S.A. feat. Tom Waits + Kool Keith: "Spacious Thoughts" By Xeni Jardin ... "great god almighty could it get any more awesome?" Check out the very cool music video by Fluorescent Hill (and awesome animator Johanne Ste-Marie!) more info

Mark Linkous's life was one Dark Night Of The Soul

5371 days ago
Guardian MusicThe suicide of Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous means the loss of a prolific – if melancholic – musical talent. Rob Fitzpatrick pays tributeThe really upsetting thing about the sudden death of Mark Linkous was that it just wasn't much of a s... more info

Asylum Street Spankers Interview: SXSW 2010

5371 days ago
Spinner.com If you're going to call yourself "God's favorite band," you better be prepared to deliver the kind of musical divinity required to start a soul-shaking musical revolution. If any band is up for the challenge, it's Austin's Asylum Street Spankers. St... more info

New band of the day – No 743: Wu Lyf

5373 days ago
Guardian MusicThis mysterious crew appear to be some kind of strange Manc cult, full of quasi-spiritual fervour and revolutionary intentHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Jeau, Lung, Elle Jaie and Evanse.The background: Oh, to be baffled in this digital day and age,... more info

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