Sarah Jarosz

"...in covers, tackling the Decemberists' "Shankill Butchers" and turning Tom Waits' "Come On Up to the House" into country..."

June 12, 2009 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Booker T.

Soul stirrers

"...on "Native New Yorker" buffs a thoroughbred coat, and Tom Waits' "Get Behind the Mule" pushes the heated end..."

June 5, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Nothing But the Truth

Alejandro Escovedo remembers his friend and collaborator Stephen Bruton.

"...South by Southwest 1999 was a good year. Tom Waits headlined the Paramount Theatre Saturday Night, and Sunday,..."

May 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Freddie's Place unplugs, crate digging for Record Store Day, the second coming of Arc Angels, and sitting stage left at Austin City Limits

"...Doyle Bramhall II and Charlie Sexton with Double Trouble's Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton – officially disbanded in 1994..."

April 17, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Felice Brothers

Friday

"...voice arrests even as he evokes familiar like-throated singers: Tom Waits on "Buried in Ice" and the haunted piano..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

One last night of band blurbs!

"...9:30pm, Smokin' Music With 2008's Jim Diamond-produced Detroit (Atomic a Go Go), the Love Me Nots stitched sinister..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

2008-09 Austin Music Awards Show

Austin Music Hall, Wednesday, March 18

"..."Changing Your Mind," Schneider cut more eccentric with the Tom Waits-ian growl and carnivalesque dirge "Murder." The Fireants held..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Parlor Game

The family that plays together makes pizza together

"...red, playing sad songs on accordion next to the Tom Waits mural while a tip bucket gets passed around...."

Feb. 27, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Yesterday When I Was Younger Than Yesterday

Surveying the local scene then and now

"...the sultry cool of a woman who could give Tom Waits a run for the melancholy on this midnight..."

Dec. 15, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Manfest 2008 & Astronautalis

"...this one man rapping machine as a mix between Tom Waits and Eminem. At one point in the evening..."

Dec. 8, 2008 Chron Events Post by Logan Youree

Reissues

Reissues

"...1985's Tim remains a masterwork, but by today's standards, Tommy "Ramone" Erdelyi's production sounds thin. Dare you not to..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Luv Doc Recommends: Apocalypse Wow!

The Compound, Saturday, October 11, 2008

"...Philippines in monsoon season, Coppola would get serious about stomping grapes. Who could have guessed he would blow up..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Patty Griffin

"...Lefty Frizzell ("I Want to Be With You Always"), Tom Waits ("Hang on St. Christopher"), and gospel group the..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Review by Daniel Mee

ACL Fest Saturday Interviews

Meeting at the crossroads of American music

"...songwriters such as Townes Van Zandt, Gene Clark, and Tom Waits. The band's live revue, directed by Burnett and..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Charlie Sexton and Stephen Bruton hang with the Dude, and Haunting Oboe Music's calender year

"...• Quick: What do Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, and Austin's Eliza Gilkyson have in common? They're..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

The West Side of Shakespeare

Why West Side Story wins

"...again and again by the likes of Dave Brubeck, Tom Waits, the Supremes, and Sun Kil Moon – West..."

Aug. 19, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Suzanna Choffel

"...she claimed to have never played before that sounded Tom Waits rickety, and a Brazilian song that displayed her..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Guy Forsyth

"...be disappointed. The folksy "Hometown Boy," Latin-tinged "Tattletale," and Tom Waits-inspired "New Monkey King" are worth another go, but..."

May 23, 2008 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Bob Schneider

"...yet with typically mixed results. While he's toyed with Tom Waits touches in the past, here that persona appears..."

May 16, 2008 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Jesse Sublett

Bonus Tracks

"...stroll through a graveyard possessed by the likes of Tom Waits and Nick Cave, spinning original tales of "The..."

May 16, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

Just the Two of Us

Live shots with Amy LaVere and Langhorne Slim

"...latest, Anchors & Anvils (Archer), LaVere caught an off-center Tom Waits vibe, which veered from a set-opening waltz to..."

May 14, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Off the Record

An all-star tribute for a Red Headed Stranger, Girl in a Coma awakens with help from Joan Jett, and Tia Carrera constructs its Electric Ladyland

"...Broken Clock Cabaret's Inside a Broken Clock: A Tom Waits Peepshow is still awaiting approval from its storied..."

May 9, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Master of Reality

"...Jams, written by former Austin-American Statesman Don McCleese, and Tom Waits’ Swordfishtrombones, they’re appreciative by design, but more to..."

April 18, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Girlie Action

Girlie Action

"...There's a vague element of Loreena McKennitt twirling with Tom Waits in rich, arcane compositions like "A Killer Waltz..."

April 11, 2008 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Jo Carol Pierce

"...cabaret air that borrows from the melodramatic side of Tom Waits. Producer Mark Andes, along with David Halley, Blackie..."

April 11, 2008 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Thursday Showcases

"...Jim Bianco, who mixes blues and swing reminiscent of Tom Waits and has just released Sing on the Hotel..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Seth Walker

"...Reed's "I Know It's a Sin," and Walker covers Tom Waits effectively with "Picture in a Frame," though it's..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs, 1913-1938

Seventy songs culled from 25 years of early American roots

"...People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs, 1913-1938(Tompkins Square)..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Luv Doc Recommends: Bob Dylan Hoot Night

Emo's, Thursday, November 8, 2007

"...isn’t afraid to cover a Dylan song? Well, maybe Tom Waits, but his hoot is Friday night...."

Nov. 9, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

"...Rosetta Goes Before Us" mirrors the carnival mysticism of Tom Waits' "Trampled Rose." The Everly Brothers' "Gone Gone Gone..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Review by Austin Powell

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