American Songwriter

3 Tom Waits Songs That Make You Feel Like You’re in Vaudeville

Have you ever listened to Tom Waits and felt like you’ve been transported to some sort of stage play, some weird vaudeville act? Or maybe you’re just in some kind of fever dream that Waits has created ...
American Songwriter

4 Must-Know Songs From Tom Waits’ 1985 Americana Masterpiece ‘Rain Dogs’

Tom Waits moved from California to New York shortly after releasing Swordfishtrombones in 1983. The experimental arrangements of his eighth studio album put his lyrics into clearer focus, but it also ...
Rolling Stone

Tom Waits’ First New Music in 15 Years Is a Chilling, Macabre Protest Song

Tom Waits‘ first new original music in 15 years is “Boots on the Ground,” a vividly gruesome indictment of wars both foreign and domestic that he recorded with Massive Attack (for their first new ...
Jambands

Tom Waits and Massive Attack Release Protest Song “Boots on the Ground”

Tom Waits and Massive Attack have released “Boots on the Ground,” a long-awaited landmark for both parties. The harrowing, sunken protest song is Waits’ first original song since 2011’s Bad As Me, and ...
Rolling Stone

Olivia Rodrigo, Tom Waits, Tyla, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

Olivia Rodrigo, Tom Waits and Massive Attack, Tyla and Zara Larsson, and all the songs you need to know this week.
Stereogum

Massive Attack & Tom Waits – “Boots On The Ground”

Today is an historic occasion: There's a new Tom Waits song in the world. "Boots On The Ground" is Waits' first new original release since 2011's Bad As Me, though he released a "Bella Ciao" cover ...