To mark the 25th anniversary of both Tom Waits’ Mule Variations and the record label Anti, an unreleased “Spiritual” rendition of the standout “Get Behind the Mule” has been unearthed ...

The best Tom Waits songs play like cult midnight movies, full of wild scenes and strange characters. “Goin’ Out West”, for example, spins the tale of a rough-beast wannabe who’s come to ...

Tom Waits’ 1973 debut album ... “Little Trip to Heaven (On The Wings Of Your Love)” is a sweeping jazz-tinted lullaby. Romantic horns make love to enrapturing keys for one of the release ...

In 1999, scraggly-voiced junkyard wizard Tom Waits released Mule Variations, his first album in six years. The big punk label Epitaph started its offshoot imprint Anti- specifically to release ...

Tom Waits is perhaps the quintessential cult artist, despite recording for large labels alongside successful commercial acts for his entire career. Widely regarded as one of America’s finest ...