Between the underrated Patriot and Perpetual Grace, LTD, Steven Conrad has become one of the most dependable creators of deeply weird, extremely good television. And now Tom Waits, another guy who knows a thing or two about deep weirdness and extreme excellence, has joined the cast of Conrad’s upcoming stop-motion animated AMC series U...

The track comes from a new compilation of Tom Waits covers by female artistsTom Waits and Phoebe BridgersPhoebe Bridgers has released a cover of Tom Waits’ ‘Georgia Lee’, taken from a new tribute compilation ‘Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits’. The album, produced by Warren Zanes, also fe...

The Replacements have a new box set out today, Dead Man's Pop, which is focused on ephemera surrounding their 1989 Sire album Don't Tell A Soul. It includes tracks from the band's abandoned Bearsville Studios recordings with Tony Berg, a stripped-down remix of the album by original album producer Mike Wallace -- done "as it…

Hear two songs from the all-women cover recordRosanne Cash (left) and Phoebe Bridgers (right) are on the new Tom Waits (centre) tribute record.A Tom Waits tribute album, comprising covers recorded by an all-female roster of musicians, has been announced. Titled ‘Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits’, the 12-track record features artists...

Tom Waits turns 70 years old in December. And shortly before that, Dualtone Music Group is celebrating his work with the release of Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits, a tribute compilation featuring new renditions of his songs from a number of female artists including Phoebe Bridgers, Aimee Mann, Rosanne Cash, Corinne…