Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones LP xx1970 but there’s something drawing me

but there’s something drawing me further in

Each track still seethes with the same sardonic aggression of their previous output

Sydney’s Perspex deliver a harsh belting on their new 7”

to record what is arguably one of the best Swedish hardcore punk albums ever made

Burroughs continue to be unearthed…

Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones LP xx1970 but there’s something drawing me2023 Marks forty years since Tom Waits released Swordfishtrombones, ushering in a new and critically acclaimed musical era for Waits and his longtime songwriting and production partner, Brennan. Waits went from 70s era bluesy, boozy wordsmith and melodist with seven albums behind him to sound sculptor, miner of the subconscious, abstract orchestrator, sonic cubistwhile retaining his innate lyricism, melodic invention, humanity. As he put it in a 1983