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‘Rain Dogs’ turns 40: Celebrating Tom Waits’ greatest album - and his unparalleled discography

On 30 September 1985, Tom Waits released 'Rain Dogs'. To celebrate his favourite album’s 40th anniversary, Waits obsessive David Mouriquand explains why it’s worth revisiting (or discovering). And because he can’t do things by halves, get ready for an album-by-album guide through Waits' discography.

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It takes two: the best pop duets – ranked!

As Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue’s Where the Wild Roses Grow turns 30, we count down pop’s finest two-handers, from career-revivers to celebrity meta-texts

The Guardian - UK

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Culture Digest: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

Cardi B's highly-anticipated sophomore album 'Am I the Drama?', frosty ambience and female obsession in 'The Ice Tower', and a London flea market where famous artists sell in person. Here are this week's cultural highlights.

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Tom Waits on film: Euronews Culture's Top 5 picks for the musician's best big screen performances

Starring in Jim Jarmusch's 'Father Mother Sister Brother', which just won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, Euronews Culture takes a look back at the indelible – and often overlooked - mark legendary musician Tom Waits continues to make on the world of cinema.

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“I said, ‘What about Keith Richards?’ I was just joking... He came with about 600 guitars in a semi-truck. And a butler”: How Tom Waits began a decades-long creative partnership with the Rolling Stones legend

Though their string of collaborations sprung from an offhand joke made to record executives, the singer/songwriter best known for his singular, gravelly, time-weathered vocals clicked immediately with the wizened rhythm guitar master who's lived a thousand lives

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JLab’s Go Pop+ are small buds at a tiny price, but do they have the sonic capabilities to make them a big deal?

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Why this iconic Tom Waits song is a regular in our test rooms – and can unveil the true essence of hi-fi

Tom Waits' Martha is one of our go-to test tracks, and if you can handle its emotional punch, it should be one of yours, too.

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Q Acoustics has found great sonic success with its 5040 and 5050 floorstanders. Can it manage the same results with its 5010 standmounts?

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8 great TV title songs that are too good to skip – and sound great on your AV system

Terrific opening credits that use real songs and set the mood for the show

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Sailing towards Glastonbury: Rod Stewart’s greatest solo songs – ranked!

As the 80-year-old gears up for Worthy Farm, we pick the best of his post-Faces career, from moving ballads to silly, sleazy pop, and cover versions that became definitive

The Guardian - UK

‘Chaps frame the buttocks in a beautiful way’: John C Reilly on Magnolia, moving into music – and his nice bum

The actor and musician takes your questions on devastating box office results, his love of Oliver Hardy, and his new vaudeville crooner alter ego

The Guardian - UK

7 tracks we've been enjoying in our test rooms over the past month

This month's edition features Elbow's latest, and a Tom Waits heartbreaker.

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‘I wanted to make people dance, or cry, or puke’: Marc Ribot, the wildcard sideman for Tom Waits, Robert Plant and more

He started as a jazz guitarist making Barbie albums on the side, and has ended up on over 500 releases. From bebop with Elton John to Americana with Alison Krauss, Ribot recalls the richest of careers

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Pink Floyd at Pompeii: What are the greatest live albums of all time?

This week saw the first official release on vinyl of Pink Floyd's legendary 1971 set played in Pompeii - showing to what extent the British band were once one of the greatest live acts in the world. With so many great live albums out there, we give you our Top…

Guitar World

“Dylan asked, ‘What’s the least amount of notes you can play?’ I said, ‘I could play one.’ He goes, ‘Do that’”: Fred Tackett compares his gigs with Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and Bob Seger, and recalls his friendship with Lowell George

The veteran session Strat-slinger who restarted Little Feat in the ‘80s discusses how he developed an essential studio skill, why brass is his main inspiration, and the best advice he ever heard

Euronews

The perfect Easter playlist: Hidden stories behind Jesus songs

Once you're chocolated out this Easter, how about kicking back with some tunes featuring the word ‘Jesus’ in their titles? Especially because these lyrics often hide meanings that may surprise you...

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Record Store Day 2025: What releases should you be looking out for?

Here are our picks for the best Record Store Day releases for 2025.

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“Tom would say, ‘Play your guitar with a car key.’ It was very experimental”: Little Feat's Fred Tackett recalls Tom Waits' left-field approach to guitar playing – and his one-of-a-kind studio sessions

Aside from his role in Little Feat, Tackett has recorded with a remarkable list of artists from Bob Dylan to Joan Baez and Cher

Metal Hammer

"You can hear everything from Metallica to Nick Cave and Tom Waits." With Vice Grip, Parkway Drive went from metalcore stars to future festival headliners - and jumped out of a plane

How Vice Grip took Parkway Drive from metalcore heroes to future festival headliners

Metal Hammer

Metallica’s James Hetfield names who he deems the “master craftsman at lyrics” – and it’s not a metal musician

The Metallica man discusses all things lyric-writing during the latest Metallica Report podcast

Louder

From before he used the Elephant Man's spine for a marimba: Tom Waits' The Heart Of A Saturday Night still sounds smoky on anniversary coloured vinyl

Be-bop, beat and ballads

The Independent UK

Willie Nelson on his new album, cannabis cookbook, Kris Kristofferson and what makes a good song

Willie Nelson, who is 91, will release “Last Leaf on the Tree" on Friday, his second studio album this year

Louder

"Assuredly switching through the gears as if they're all second nature to her": Beth Hart proves she's far more than a blues siren on You Still Got Me

Beth Hart delivers soul, swagger and Slash on album number eleven

Metal Hammer

"I hated Tom Waits at first." From Aretha Franklin to Gravediggaz, Julie Christmas makes us a soundtrack of her life

Unique noise/post-rock maverick Julie Christmas makes us a playlist and tells us the stories behind her picks

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