Pop Matters — A return to the mic nine years in the making, a hip-hop supergroup of sorts, and Tom Waits beatboxing: this year's top-shelf hip-hop is equal parts anticipation, teamwork, and wha?! more info

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Stereogum — Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon are close to releasing an LP from their N.A.S.A. (North America/South America) project. The duo cook the beats, and turned to their enviable contact list to collect a headspinning list of contributors, including Tom Wait... more info

NME — Tom Waits and all four members of U2 were among a number of artists who turned out today (December 9) to honour legendary music PR Rob Partridge. more info

Undercover, Australia — Tom Waits is one of the special guests on the forthcoming N.A.S.A project. more info

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3hive — The Pale Young Gentlemen are indeed pale. But unless my eyes have deceived me, they’re not all gentlemen and at least one of them is gonna get a smack from mama for their chauvinism. Maybe that’s why there’s all of this talk of o... more info

3hive — The Pale Young Gentlemen are indeed pale. But unless my eyes have deceived me, they???re not all gentlemen and at least one of them is gonna get a smack from mama for their chauvinism. Maybe that???s why there???s all of this talk of only having one ... more info

NME — Music industry figures including Johnny Marr, Tim Burgess, Bono, Tom Waits and Marianne Faithfull have paid tribute to Rob Partridge, the legendary music PR who died last Wednesday (November 26). more info

Guardian Music — Keith Richards will not be releasing an easy listening album.Every now and then we need to be reminded that rumours which seem utterly, unquestionably implausible - well, they're probably not true. And that's the case with gossip reported by the Tele... more info