Tom Waits

Shine Like a New Dime: Tom Waits’ Rain Dogs at 40

Toby Manning looks back to the 1985 album about New York City that stood in complete antithesis to the gentrifying, Reaganite forces changing it out of all recognition

Tower Of Song: Ryan O’Connor’s Playlist For The Voids

Ryan O’Connor’s new novel, The Voids, plays out in a vacated tower block. Here he picks the songs he listened to while writing the book

The Strange World Of… William S Burroughs

Ahead of the UK edition of his book, William S. Burroughs And The Cult of Rock ‘n’ Roll, author Casey Rae selects ten sonic artifacts featuring literature’s most iconic outlaw

The Best Batch Yet? Captain Beefheart’s Doc At The Radar Station Revisited

For Sean Kitching, it's Don Van Vliet's penultimate album, 'Doc At The Radar Station', that best encapsulates his singular artistic vision. As the album turns 40 this month, former manager Gary Lucas, and band member Eric Drew Feldman, recall working with the man

A Bottle In Front Of Me: The Strange World Of… Tom Waits

Tom Waits announced a remaster and reissue programme for all of his -ANTI material; here Jeremy Allen looks for ten points of entry into his bewildering and large back catalogue

Tracks Of Our Tears: 50 Songs That Make Quietus Writers & Artists Cry

Following this week's Quietus Essay exploring why music makes people cry, the Quietus writers and several artists select and discuss the songs that make them well up

Moving On: Tom Waits’ Swordfishtrombones Revisited

Tristan Bath puts on Tom Waits' watershed album from 1983 and raises a Mickey's Big Mouth to the singer... and his wife, Kathleen Brennan

The Hunger & The Fight: Jesca Hoop Interviewed

Jesca Hoop's new album The House That Jack Built was informed by the recent death of her father, but still finds room to be playful with both sound and lyrical concerns. She tells John Freeman about how it came together, touring with Peter Gabriel and the compulsion to keep creating

25 Years On: Franks Wild Years By Tom Waits Revisited

Marc Waldburger primes his high ball glass and tells us how he feels about the least talked about LP in Tom Waits' Island trilogy

Alexis Taylor Of About Group On Fishing With John

Luke Turner talks to Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip and About Group about John Lurie's cult TV series, Fishing With John

Waiting For Real Rain: A Classic Interview With Tom Waits

Our latest feature from Rock's Backpages sees Tom Waits - whose wife is about to go into labour - share a cab ride with Chris Roberts to discuss his 1985 classic album Rain Dogs

Tom Waits Biog Extract: From Wild Years To Island Days

This extract from Barney Hoskyns' new Tom Waits biography looks at how Tom Waits remarkable sonic departure on Island Records was influenced by his marriage to Kathleen Brennan. Photoillustration by Michael A. Russ

Lowside Of The Road: Barney Hoskyns’ Tom Waits Biog Reviewed

Mr Agreeable: Up yer Ronson and bombs to Leeds

Strength In Strangeness: The Anchoress’ Favourite Albums

Ahead of a show this Saturday at London's Southbank Centre, Catherine Anne Davies takes us through the 13 albums that have defined her life and work as The Anchoress, from childhood memories soundtracked by The Carpenters and lifechanging encounters with the Manics and PJ Harvey as a teen, to newfound infatuations with SZA and The 1975,

The Perfect Sentence: Tariq Goddard’s Favourite Storytelling Songs

Novelist and publisher Tariq Goddard chooses thirteen songs that have defined his life, with a focus on the musical storytellers who inspired him to tell tales of his own from The Kinks to Ice T

Thirteen Convulsions: Geordie Greep’s Favourite Albums

Black Midi frontman Geordie Greep takes Cal Cashin through the thirteen albums that have gripped him the most, from the majesty of Bach to the mania of Léo Ferré

Things I Hold Dear: Nadine Shah’s Favourite Albums

In this week's Baker's Dozen, Nadine Shah guides Jeremy Allen through favourite albums from Mariah Carey to Fat White Family, along the way discussing her friendship with Amy Winehouse and why Richard Dawson is the only man who should be allowed acoustic guitars at parties

True Pairings: Tom Fleming’s 13 Favourite Albums

Former Wild Beast Tom Fleming, who's just released his excellent debut album as One True Pairing, picks the 13 records that shaped him, from Tool and Def Leppard to Scott Walker and Joanna Newsom

A Safe Place For Me: Jesca Hoop’s 13 Favourite Records

Ahead of her performance at Green Man this weekend, Jesca Hoop guides Diva Harris through her 13 favourite albums, from Björk to Dylan, Cat Stevens and Kate Bush

The Weirder The Better: Buzz Osborne Of Melvins’ 13 Favourite Records

Melvins founder King Buzzo takes tQ through a list of his thirteen favourite records, from Tom Waits to Butthole Surfers via PiL, Pixies and The Who

Feelgood Hits! Wilko Johnson’s Favourite Albums

Wilko Johnson speaks to Zoe Howe about surviving cancer and his 13 favourite records, from Bo Diddley and the blues to the Doors, Beatles and Rolling Stones

Escape To The Country: Willy Vlautin Of Richmond Fontaine’s Favourite LPs

Following the release of Richmond Fontaine's tenth and final album, You Can't Go Back If There Is Nothing To Go Back To, the singer and author talks to John Freeman about his favourite albums of storytelling escapism

By Design: Jim Jones Of The Righteous Mind’s Favourite Albums

Before they headline Walthamstow's Stow Festival this weekend, The Righteous Mind's leader gives Julian Marszalek an insight into "where my head is at right now" with a tour through his current top 13 albums

A F**king Joy: Aidan Moffat’s Favourite Albums

With Aidan Moffat's excellent new record with Bill Wells just out, we sent Daniel Dylan Wray up to Glasgow to meet the former Arab Strap man/Quietus sex columnist to discuss his top formative albums. And, with the help of beers, a record player and one powerful deployment of the phrase "get to utter fuck", here's what he picked

Death Before Silence: Ed Harcourt’s Favourite Albums

Singer, songwriter, pianist and all-round bon viveur Ed Harcourt talks to Wyndham Wallace about his favourite records

Really Heavy Things: Devin Townsend’s Favourite Albums

…well, apart from Enya. The Strapping Young Lad man offers up his top albums