Where's Tom Waits when you need him?

Where's Tom Waits when you need him?

You can tell that Albarn let Womack have the better, unused stuff from his Plastic Beach sessions as a framework. Considering how great the album came out, I can't particularly say I'm bummed we didn't get more Gorillaz. Womack sounds unshakable.

You can tell that Albarn let Womack have the better, unused stuff from his Plastic Beach sessions as a framework. Considering how great the album came out, I can't particularly say I'm bummed we didn't get more Gorillaz. Womack sounds unshakable.

"Stupid" is pretty great too.

"Stupid" is pretty great too.

List sort of demands Zappa.

List sort of demands Zappa.

People have done more egregious things in front of a camera for attention. I'd usually pick goofy over feigned indifference in my media, but maybe that's just me.

People have done more egregious things in front of a camera for attention. I'd usually pick goofy over feigned indifference in my media, but maybe that's just me.

When one of the greatest popsmiths alive decides to make contemporary electro pop, the hits tend to hit really hard. Songs like "Feel Good Inc." are far too big to fit your model.

They did fancy vinyl singles for almost every track on 2. I own a couple of them, but I'd imagine it was all just to fill space— the promo campaign for the album was fairly extensive.

I enjoyed Plastic Beach very much,  but I think Demon Days is a significantly tighter album and has this really fluid and unexpected diversity of sounds to it, not to mention a DOOM track. Plus I think it might be some of Danger Mouse's greatest production work to date.

They did it at least a couple of times before with The Shins and Chili Peppers.

I've been on a bit of a Tom Waits live kick, religiously listening to Glitter And Doom's cut of "Lucinda/Ain't Going Down" at least once a day for the past two weeks, give or take, as well as the NPR-streamed Akron show. As you said before, his banter is unreal.

I'm a huge Nick Cave fan, so when I'd usually bring him up in music discussions with uninitiated listeners I'd get some variation of "you'd probably like Tom Waits" (yes, they're different and Nick Cave still might be my favorite). One night a friend of mine was trying to listen to Rain Dogs but wasn't really working…

Like I said in the important album article, The beats are serviceable quasi Danger Mouse fare and Abel Tesfaye's voice has been heard on Top 40 radio for the past decade. The music's fine, but it's nothing ground-breaking.

At the very least, they're affirming that arena rock is an art form worth saving.

They could have diversified the Bronx more. As a native son it felt a little one-note. But then again, I saw a bit of my home in every part of their city.

It's fun to hear Raconte's bassline mutate into something amazing by the end of the track.