Tom Waits

Grammys 2013: Gotye's 'Making Mirrors' wins alternative music award

2013-02-10 16:31:00

Gotye, the alias of the Australian-Belgian singer-producer Wouter de Backer, won the award for alternative music album at the 55th Grammy Awards, besting a diverse roster of artists including Fiona Apple, Bjork, M83 and Tom Waits. Gotye won for his...

Grammy snubs and surprises include a shutout of Justin Bieber

2012-12-06 07:00:00

Don't "Believe" in Bieber Justin Bieber laughed off his bout of indigestion at a recent concert, but his Grammy lockout might be an even tougher swallow. He's one of the biggest stars in pop, and his new album "Believe" was universally acclaimed for its...

A return to Bad Religion's early days

2013-01-29 18:34:00

Greg Graffin knows something about teenage rebellion. As the young singer for one of SoCal's most prominent hard-core punk bands, Bad Religion, raging against parental control (and the global system) was his core mission in the early 1980s. Although...

Sandy Hook students, Ingrid Michaelson record benefit single

2013-01-15 13:47:00

Nearly two dozen students who survived the shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.,� have joined with indie folk-pop singer Ingrid Michaelson to record a version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” as a benefit for...

Review: Night 1 of Andrew Bird's stint at Largo

2013-01-17 12:48:00

Wednesday night at Largo on the first night of violinist, singer and songwriter Andrew Bird’s three-night stint, he and his two-man band encircled a single microphone as though they were performing for a 1930s radio broadcast. Framed by the red...

Peek at Tom Waits as a 'Simpsons' character

2013-01-03 15:21:00

Tom Waits still hasn't announced any new tour dates, but his cameo appearance on "The Simpsons" will arrive Sunday, according to his record label, Anti-. The label also released of a photo of Homer and Waits in his "Simpsons" guise. The episode is...

L.A's Milk Carton Kids have entered the 'Promised Land'

2012-12-27 08:00:00

Despite possessing a rather unassuming sound -- one built on gentle acoustic strumming and comforting harmonies -- local act the Milk Carton Kids have had a rather booming year and a half. Two self-released albums published straight-to-the-Web are said to...

Sam Spiegel announces zany Maximum Hedrum project

2012-11-29 09:59:00

Given the rate at which left-field super-groups have proliferated over the last few years -- Atoms for Peace! Them Crooked Vultures! Monsters of Folk! -- it was probably inevitable that we'd eventually end up with one as wacky as Maximum Hedrum, the new...

'Game of Thrones' star Carice van Houten on magic and Melisandre

2012-05-11 16:37:54

Live: Colin Stetson, Sarah Neufeld, Gregory Rogove at Dilettante

2012-04-30 16:36:42

Jazz review: Keith Jarrett at Walt Disney Concert Hall

2012-03-28 16:33:45

Album review: Dr. John's 'Locked Down'

2012-04-03 16:37:44

Desolation and a hard life await us as a consequence of this tune's title.

2013-03-29 11:20:00

Tom Waits.

2013-02-09 14:27:35

Returns 8 p.m./7 p.m. central, Wed, Jan. 9 Tom Waits guest stars as a doomsday prepper, who sets up an off-the-grid retreat that lures in Homer.

2013-01-07 19:33:00