All About Jazz — Every intense music fan presumes he or she has what it takes to be a TV or film music supervisor, and they have a box of clattering mix tapes from high school to prove it. Yes, it was clever how you started with "Please Come Home Baby" by Tom Waits a... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Gary Calamar handpicks music for shows such as "True Blood," "Dexter" and "Entourage." Every intense music fan presumes he or she has what it takes to be a TV or film music supervisor,... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — "The post-Hendrix explosion of whammybar wankers hasn't produced a single axeman who can compare to Chris Whitley." - Rolling StoneThose appreciators of folk/country/rock over the age of thirty who frequent this site might need no introduction to the... more info

Pitchfork — Just when you thought that N.A.S.A. album couldn't get any nuttier, along comes this very Y2K8 pairing: Kanye West and Lykke Li, who we knew were cooking up a little something for the disc, will be joined by one Santogold for a track called "Gifted" ... more info

Pitchfork — Just when you thought that N.A.S.A. album couldn't get any nuttier, along comes this very Y2K8 pairing: Kanye West and Lykke Li, who we knew were cooking up a little something for the disc, will be joined by one Santogold for a track called "Gif... more info

Paste Magazine — If a TV show wants to win me over as a fan, they could do no better than to sing the praises of Tom Waits for its viewers. In Life on Mars , during one of Episode 6's most memorable scenes, as Sam (Jason O'Mara) and Annie (Gretchen Mol) are held... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Kathryn YuBaby mama and Hova's witness M.I.A. is very much back from her sabbatical and rearing to hit us with new music. Her Blaqstarr-boosted cover of Tom Waits classic/"The Wire" theme song "Way Down in the Hole" surfaced earlier this mon... more info

Guardian Music — Wilderness – Strand the Test of Time(from Pop Tarts Suck Toasted)A slow burner, but then isn't every post-rock song? It's the only genre where a chord change is a talking point. Baltimore's Wilderness are far from aimless though. There's too m... more info

The Late Greats — I have given the next album/artist a few shouts out this year. And after a quick Hype and Elbo, it seems that her music hasn’t taken the music blogs by storm. Which confuses me. More proof that over exposure doesn’t necessarily mean qua... more info

Paste Magazine — M.I.A. 's latest music video, a low-budget collaboration with Blaqstarr , begins with the Genesis-inspired lyrics of Tom Waits' "Way Down in the Hole." The first shot, all in black and white, is a close-up of Blaqstarr's face. He sings, "When you... more info