Wednesday, December 21, 2011 12:07PM - By Angel Baker
Without a doubt, 2011 was a year of great music. Wrapping up the year is no easy task, especially with so many new emerging artists hitting the indie scene and settled greats releasing records as good or better than their efforts decades prior. Our picks for the Top 20 Albums of the year cover a lot of ground, ranging from Indie Beard Rock to Spaghetti-Western, Rockabilly to Hip-Hop, and everything in between. Check out our Top 20 Albums of 2011 after the jump …
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010 8:42AM - By Joseph Oliveto
The 2011 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were announced recently, People reports, with big names Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond and Tom Waits among those being honored, along with slightly lesser known acts Dr. John and Darlene Love. Sadly for New Jersey college girls, Bon Jovi was yet again passed over despite speculation that the patron saint of karaoke night would finally make it in this year. Maybe he can write a melodramatic yet inspiring song about it.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010 12:39PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Here we have a nice grab bag of music news covering a variety of talented artists like Tom Waits, Keith Richards and Dave Matthews. There’s also something in there about someone we couldn’t even muster the inner strength to mention in the headline.
Check below for BeatCrave’s music news roundup.
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Monday, February 1, 2010 3:18PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Over the last year, musicians like Tom Waits, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James (above) and Steve Earle traveled to Preservation Hall in New Orleans to collaborate with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band on classic New Orleans repertoire.
The end result is a new album, Preservation, set for release on Fat Tuesday, February 16. Proceeds from the sale of the project will benefit Preservation Hall and The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program.
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Friday, July 24, 2009 9:52AM - By Seraphina L.
Since the Independent Music Awards have only been around for a few years, not many people know about it. However, since the award ceremony does honor those DIY artists who deserve as much honor as Grammy nominees, there are always a few exciting judges on the panel.
This year, Tom Waits will return with his wife to judge and She and Him‘s Zooey Deschanel and M.Ward will be joining them this year. Other noteworthy judges include Black Keys members, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, Aimee Mann, The Apples in Stereo, and Le Tigre‘s JD Samson.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009 12:30PM - By Seraphina L.
Beck is one damn awesome social butterfly. In between making albums and awesome music videos, he also recruits friends to jam on covers which has now been titled The Record Club series. Now he’s got a brand new series called Irrelevant Topics which is where his website will feature “extended informal conversations with musicians, artists, filmmakers, and other various personages [...] without promotional pretext or editorial direction.”
The first artist to be featured in the series is none other than Tom Waits. Beck has posted only Part 1 of the interview, but I have a feeling I’ll be checking back no matter how many parts it’s broken into. The name, Irrelevant Topics, suits the series perfectly because random kinds are the best kinds of interviews! They talk about draining lakes only to find human bones, how “Happy Birthday” will probably be the last song standing, and more.
You can check out Beck’s interview with Tom Waits in Part 1 here.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:00PM - By Emily
We’ve got a “First Listen” available for you of the track “Whachadoin” from the new N.A.S.A album The Spirit Of Apollo’s. While N.A.S.A is technically only Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon the new track features guest appearances by M.I.A, Santogold, Spank Rock, and Nick Ziner. Previous track guest on the album include Kanye West, Santogold, Lykke Li, Tom Waits, Karen O, David Byrne, RZA, Method Man, George Clinton, Chuck D, John Frusciante, and Ol’ Dirty Bastard.
The album is expected to drop in the UK on February 16th. Check out “Whachadoin” after the break:
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Monday, December 22, 2008 5:00PM - By Emily
It’s that time of year again! Time for our favorite music magazines to start listing their top picks for 2008. We’ve recently got our hands on Pitchfork’s Top Album and Top Tracks of 2008 as well as Paste’s Top Live Music Acts on 2008.
Who earned top honors this year?
It looks like Cut Copy, Deerhunter, Fleet Foxes, and Portishead all made the top 10 lists for album and track of the year. While Tom Waits and Radiohead took top honors when it came to live performances. You think these lists were right on par or was someone left off you think deserves a space on one of the top picks lists?
Check out videos of Tom Waits and Radiohead after the break:
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