Who sounds like a recent Tom Waits?
As jeffamaphone said, pretty much nobody sounds exactly like Tom Waits. If any band did, they would probably immediately be accused of being a “Tom Waits ripoff”. The only album I can think of that both sounds similar to Tom Waits and is decent is Ugly Casanova – Sharpen Your Teeth, especially on tracks like Spilled Milk Factory and Pacifico.
Seconding jeffamaphone’s suggestions that A: nobody sounds like Tom Waits, but, B: Leonard Cohen might fit the bill. And adding that you might want to check out Nick Cave, as well. In many ways he’s absolutely nothing like Tom Waits at all. On the other hand, in my head they’re coming from similar places.
