With 16 studio albums, a bunch of live releases, and two full soundtracks to his name, Tom Waits’ discography is an excellent, varied, but imposing body of work for newcomers to grapple with. While ...

For readers who are new to Waits, here’s my recommended playlist of songs (in chronological order of release) to check out. It leans heavily toward the two albums I consider his best: “Rain Dogs” ...

Nick is a writer who works and lives in Los Angeles, California. He has previously written for Indiewire, The Playlist, and Little White Lies. It makes all the sense in the world that Tom Waits has ...

The terrain traveled by Tom Waits is riddled with dreamers and the schemers, fractured beauties, snake oil salesmen, two-bit criminals and that guy who sleeps in his car parked in an alley. His mostly ...