Year of the Month: James Williams on THE FISHER KING
Confronted with writing about a movie like Terry Gilliam’s The Fisher King, I become painfully…
Year of the Month: Randy Newman, TROUBLE IN PARADISE
It’s hard not to have heard the opening track, “I Love L.A.,” which has become…
The Solute Record Club: Tom Waits – BAD AS ME
Usually when we do the last album of an artist for the Record Club, we…
The Solute Record Club: Tom Waits – ORPHANS: BRAWLERS, BAWLERS AND BASTARDS
As a collection, Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards is both one of unity and of…
The Solute Record Club: Tom Waits – REAL GONE [article pending]
Will have to get this review done this weekend. The words “garage rock”, “lo-fi” and…
The Solute Record Club: Tom Waits – ALICE [article pending]
Sorry everyone. I am in no mindset today to write up a critical piece, especially…
The Solute Record Club: Tom Waits – BLOOD MONEY
*SPOILERS for the play Woyzeck* Let me say this upfront: Blood Money is my favourite…
The Solute Record Club: Tom Waits – MULE VARIATIONS
Six years after the bizarre theatricalities of The Black Rider, Tom Waits returns to us…
The Solute Record Club: Tom Waits – THE BLACK RIDER
This is probably the best way to experience the music from The Black Rider. I…
The Solute Record Club: Tom Waits – BONE MACHINE
Today’s Tom Waits album Bone Machine is brought to you from a nightmare projected from…