Albums remasters coming

Remastered versions of Tom Waits’ ANTI- Records catalog are being released on cd and vinyl the coming months, 'Including a new, remixed version of Real Gone', according to ANTI-.

Release dates:

• November 10th: Bad As Me 
• November 24th: Real Gone, Alice and Blood Money 
• December 1st: Glitter & Doom 

All albums are available for pre-order at the King's Road Merch online store. Amazon has some of them available as well.

A similar repackaging of Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards, is planned for 2018.

Bad Ass Me video

I don't think I have seen this one before, but a Bad Ass Me (sic) video surfaced on Vimeo.

Grammy nomination

Tom Waits' album Bad as me is nominated for a Grammy award in the category 'Best alternative music album'.

Other nominees are Fiona Apple (The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do), Björk (Biophilia), Gotye (Making Mirrors) and M83 (Hurry Up, We're Dreaming).

Bone Machine won the Grammy in that category in 1992, Mule Variations was rewarded with a Grammy as 'Best contemporary folk album' in 1999.

The 55th Annual Grammy awards will be held on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Ca.

Satisfied video

Tomwaits.com is showing a video for Satisfied, a Wondros production directed by Jesse Dylan.

From Wondros:

This dramatic music video is a visual reflection of Waits’s cool, manic, odd-ball persona. The video’s black and white contract is enhanced by stark lighting and its off-the-cuff style.

Bad as me reviews

I'll be posting links to online reviews of the upcoming album Bad as me in this entry. So, if you ee anything, feel free to mail me or leave a link in the comments below.

UPDATE (Nov. 2): A somewhat belated update, but with two nice audio clips: the Fresh Air interview on NPR and the Triple J interview.

• NPR: The Fresh Air interview (audio clip)
• Triple J (audio clip)
• Uncut (which has Tom Waits in the cover this month and includes a 'Tom Waits Juke Box' cd)
• BBC Radio 4 (audio clip)
• Detroit Free Press
• Bohemian.com
• Berlingske Tidende (Danish)
  
• Pitchfork
• NY Times: A Grizzled Troubadour Dusts Off His Bowler
• Der Standard: Die Klagelaute sterbender Elefanten (German)
• CBC's Q with Jian Ghomeshi: radiointerview from Oct. 18th (download the podcast on iTunes) 
• The Australian: Tom Waits is on the road again, metaphorically speaking
• La Repubblica: 'Altman? Uno sceriffo sul set mi mandò a quel paese' (Italian)
• Wall Street Journal: The storyteller's secret
• LA Times blog: Tom Waits recalls Captain Beefheart
• Lisa Thatcher
• Ventox
• The American songwriter
• Mojo: A great bunck of guys (scanned image)
• Q: The thinking artist's thinking artist returns: maverick genius intact (scanned image)
• Louder than war
• Spin.com
• Uncut: Album of the month (scanned image c/o jerseyraindog)
• Chicago Tribune: Album review: Tom Waits, 'Bad as Me'

Bad as me online

If you've got an invite, you can listen to the complete album Bad as me online until Friday If anyone has a code to spare, feel free to use the comments to share the wealth.

Bad as me online listening party?

Anti Records is trying to round up people on Facebook for the Tom Waits mailing list :

Go to Tom Waits.com right now and sign up for the mailing list so that you can be one of the first people to hear his new record ‘Bad As Me’ beginning Monday October 17th.

Back in the crowd stream

You can now listen to the new single Back in the crowd on Youtube.

Second single: Back in the crowd

Last week saw the release of Back in the crowd, the second single from Tom Waits' upcoming album Bad as me.

Bad as me, the book

Both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk list a Tom Waits Bad as me (hardcover) book. It will available in October and is ready for pre-order now.

No further details are available at the moment, apart from three illustrations.

Bad as me stream

TomWaits.com is streaming the new Waits single, Bad as me.



Tom Waits' Bad As Me by Anti Records

Official album announcement

TomWaits.com has announced the new Tom Waits album Bad as me:

Bad As Me is Tom Waits’ first studio album of all new music in seven years. This pivotal work refines the music that has come before and signals a new direction. Waits, in possibly the finest voice of his career, worked with a veteran team of gifted musicians and longtime co-writer/producer Kathleen Brennan. From the opening horn-fueled chug of “Chicago,” to the closing barroom chorale of “New Year’s Eve,” Bad As Me displays the full career range of Waits’ songwriting, from beautiful ballads like “Last Leaf,” to the avant cinematic soundscape of “Hell Broke Luce,” a battlefront dispatch. On tracks like “Talking at the Same Time,” Waits shows off a supple falsetto, while on blues burners like “Raised Right Men” and the gospel tinged “Satisfied” he spits, stutters and howls. Like a good boxer, these songs are lean and mean, with strong hooks and tight running times. A pervasive sense of players delighting in each other’s musical company brings a feeling of loose joy even to the album’s saddest songs.

The Kings Road Merch store lists the following editions ready for pre-order: a cd (13 tracks), a cd deluxe version (in a 'stunning hard bound book-like case' with a 40 page booklet sewn on the inside, and the cd with the 13 tracks and another cd with three bonus songs) and a vinyl album (180g - with 13 tracks). All of those have an 'in store date' of the 24th (Europe) or 25th (North America) of October.

On Youtube you can witness Tom Waits' private listening party:




Track listing (by Kings Road Merch):

1. Chicago
2. Raised Right Men
3. Talking At The Same Time
4. Get Lost
5. Face To The Highway
6. Pay Me
7. Back In The Crowd
8. Bad As Me
9. Kiss Me
10. Satisfied
11. Last Leaf
12. Hell Broke Luce
13. New Year’s Eve
14. She Stole The Blush (bonus cd only)
15. Tell Me (bonus cd only)
16. After You Die (bonus cd only)

Album details

According to 24bit.com the new Tom Waits album Bad as me is due out on October 25th. In addition to the standard album, with 13 tracks, we can expect a deluxe edition with three bonus tracks.

Track list according to 24bit.com:

Chicago
Raised Right Men
Talking At the Same Time
Get Lost
Face to the Highway
Pay Me
Back In the Crowd
Bad As Me
Kiss Me
Satisfied
Last Leaf
Hell Broke Luce
New Year’s Eve

She Stole the Blush
Tell Me
After You Die

New Tom Waits single Bad as me now available

The new Tom Waits single Bad as me now is now available from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and iTunes.

Bad as me snippet

Musicme has a 30 second clip of the new Tom Waits single Bad as me.

Tom Waits sets the record straight

From Anti:

There have been rumblings and rumors. New music from Tom Waits, you say? Come to TomWaits.com on Tuesday August 23rd, and Mr. Waits himself will set the record straight.

New Tom Waits single: Bad as me

Amazon is offering the new Tom Waits single 'Bad as me' as a digital download, available from August 23rd.

Album rumours

The Australian website Auspop posted a list with upcoming album releases which includes Bad As Me by Tom Waits, supposedly due on October 21st.

UPDATE (Aug. 6): Looks like they deleted Waits' name from the list...
(But the screenshot below is genuine, I promise)







UPDATE (Aug. 8): AuspOp was asked to take the notice down by Warner Music Australia.
'Read into that what you will.'