A few selections of great new music to check out this weekend. First and foremost, a new collection of Tom Waits, who's dark and deep voice has been described as being, "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months and then taken outside and run over with a car." Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards, due out on November 21st, is the first release from Waits in 2 years and features 56 songs on 3 CDs. 3 of which can be downloaded for free, thanks to his ultra cool label, Anti Records. If you've wanted to get into Waits but didn't know where to start, this looks like just as good a place as any.

Check out the akwardly uplifiting, "You Can Never Hold Back Spring" or the more world weary, "Road To Peace". A big thanks to your standard life for tipping us off to the free goodness. You can also read an advance review of the collection at Boing Boing.

If Tom Waits' burbony voice doesn't do it for you, there's also the new kids, A Place To Bury Strangers, who's song "I Know I'll See You" is astonishingly similar to early stuff from The Cure. FreeIndie writes, "These guys create psychedelic surf music by playing clean guitars over loud feedback and drums. Warning to the close minded: this is unlike anything you've ever heard." He's right, it's serious stuff and falls a bit into the experimental but, it's definately worth a listen. A Place To Bury Strangers 5 song web sampler is available for free download from FreeIndie.