Tag Archives: Tom Waits

Thursday News Roundup

By Ryan Bort | Published: October 27, 2011

The buzz has been building for the release of El Camino, the new Black Keys album that is set to hit shelves December 6 via Nonesuch Records. The album’s first single, “Lonely Boy,” was release digitally yesterday, and will be released as a 12″ vinyl on November 25, supported by “Run Right Back” on theRead more...

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Out This Week 10/25

By Jim Beckmann | Published: October 25, 2011

This week, the seven-year wait is over! Bad As Me, the latest from Tom Waits, tops this week’s list of new releases. For the typically idiosyncratic musical vagabond, the new album seems more of a journey through his previous styles than an outrageous step in a new direction -- and that’s not at all aRead more...

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Thursday News Roundup

By Ryan Bort | Published: August 25, 2011

A slew of noteworthy artists this week have announced they’ll be releasing new albums: A new album from Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox’s side project Atlas Sound will be coming out on November 8. Click here for a track listing and to listen to the new song “Terra Incognita,” which will be featured on the album...Read more...

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Sonic Roundup 8/24

By Nick Heinlein | Published: August 24, 2011

Florence and the Machine hit the big time with their massive debut Lungs, and now they’re set to follow up with an as-yet untitled album due out November 7th in the UK (no US release date yet). You can preview the first single, “What the Water Gave Me,” below, in all its choir-infused glory.

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Tom Waits’ Private Listening Party

By Jim Beckmann | Published: August 23, 2011

As promised ... or warned, or predicted, presumed, heralded, devined, sussed, soothsaid, prognosticated or just wondered about, Tom Waits today has revealed a peak into the boudoir of his forthcoming album, and his first full studio album in seven years, Bad As Me, out on Anti- Records on October 25th. Be one of the fewRead more...

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KEXP Documentaries: “Poets and Music” - Tom Waits

By Michele Myers | Published: February 17, 2011

Greetings, Michele Myers here, producer of KEXP Documentaries. Our current series, “Poets & Music” explores the interplay between the beat and the word with profiles on poets who record with music like William S Burroughs, Saul Williams, Gil Scott-Heron,  Jack Kerouac, Patti Smith, Ursula Rucker and Ken Nordine. And today we focus in on TomRead more...

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Monday News Mash-Up

By Justin Spicer | Published: May 10, 2010

Were you a kid of the 90s who wondered what a collaboration between Beck and Stephen Malkmus would sound like? You may get your answer next year as it’s been reported that Malkmus and his band, The Jicks, were recording with Beck before Malkmus began touring with the recently reunited Pavement. Hopefully this doesn’t leadRead more...

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Thursday News Threads

By Zach, KEXP | Published: February 4, 2010

It has been revealed that Jay Reatard died a couple weeks ago of “cocaine toxicity, and that alcohol was a contributing factor in his death.” Stay away from the cocaine/alcohol combo, kids.

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Saturday Afternoon Artists - A Deeper Look at DJ Michele Myers’ Top 10 of 2009

By Michele Myers | Published: December 18, 2009

Greetings KEXPeeps. It’s that time of year... after weeks of agonizing over thousands of choices, each KEXP DJ is supposed to come up with their favorite albums of the year. Which presents the question... Do I choose the ones I think are the most accomplished musically? Or do I choose the ones that I listenRead more...

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Saturday Afternoon Album - Tom Waits and the new live album, Glitter and Doom

By Michele Myers | Published: December 11, 2009

Tom Waits is perhaps our greatest living artist. Go ahead, debate me, my e-mail is michele@kexp.org. Somehow, after 14 years of DJing I manage to keep only about 200 albums at home. Just my favorites. Whole releases that can be listened to all the way through without a bad song ruining the experience. These albumsRead more...

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