Tom Waits

The Replacements have been teasing some news, and now Amazon UK lists a box set titled ’Dead Man’s Pop’ that is alternate mixes and outtakes from 1989’s ’Don’t Tell a Soul,’ including an infamous 1988 session with Tom Waits.

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They’ve just released the trailer for ’The Dead Don’t Die, writer/director Jim Jarmusch’s foray into undead territory, featuring’ ”the greatest zombie cast ever disassembled,” including Bill Murray, Iggy Pop, Chloe Sevigny, Selena Gomez, Adam Driver, Tom Waits, Steve Buscemi, RZA, Tilda Swinton and more…

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In Marc Ribot’s words, Tom Waits ”brings a certain gravitas to everything he does—my Italian friends say he sounds exactly like an old ‘partigiano’ (resistance fighter)!”

Marc Ribot’s new album ‘Songs of Resistance’ also features Steve Earle, Meshell Ndegeocello, Justin Vivian Bond, Tift Merritt, Fay Victor, Ohene Cornelius, Sam Amidon, and more.

The film, which was originally imagined as a TV series, also stars Tim Blake Nelson, Zoe Kazan, and Liam Neeson. Meanwhile, Waits’ early albums are getting remastered reissues.

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The folk legend’s new album, which features covers of Tom Waits, ANOHNI, and more, is out this week and streaming now.