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10.24.2008
Click the link below to stream Giant Sand playing live for KUOM at Crazy Beast Studio.
10.20.2008
The best musicians find lines of connection between music one might never consider compatible bedfellows. In Giant Sand one hears the grappling of...
10.10.2008
Dangerous tales of an imaged Old West saturate the songs on Howard Gelb's latest incarnation of Giant Sand like a double Jim Beam splashed across a...
09.23.2008
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 1st Annual MOCA Local Genius Award. Optical scientist and space...
09.17.2008
click on the link below to read the full album review from Blurt Magazine
09.16.2008
Since relocating from Pennsylvania over a quarter-century ago, and particularly since the death of his friend and fellow founding member Rainer...
09.12.2008
For a quarter-century Giant Sand has served as a vehicle for Howe Gelb's fiercely original-and often fiercely demented-take on Americana music. While...
09.10.2008
For over two decades, Howe Gelb has worked doggedly and double-time to make it all but impossible to get a good bead on him. In fact, while any...
09.03.2008
Howe Gelb recorded the latest Giant Sand album in Denmark with Danes on bass, drums and guitar. Europop this is not, however. In his flat...
09.03.2008
Giant Sand mastermind Howe Gelb is equal parts Jack Kerouac, Willie Nelson, and Raymond Chandler on his collective's latest album. The Tucson,...
08.28.2008
Fear not, Howe Gelb is back, and is once again picking up the reins of the Giant Sand moniker for his new LP proVISIONS. Gelb's last album, the...
08.20.2008
Experimental Americana pioneer Howe Gelb and band Giant Sand impress the critics with their latest work proVisions and set out on the road less...
08.14.2008
Check out the Blurt's online magazine for a featured interview with Giant Sand' s Howe Gelb on page 24 at the link below.
08.01.2008
Giant Sand provisions More shadows and mirages from desert rock's central shaman. American deserts spawn rich and convoluted musical chains....
08.01.2008
Also Yep Roc just released the new song from the upcoming Giant Sand record proVisions. What can I say but that it's typical (great) Howe Gelb. Like...