Oliver Ray has a brand new album out now called Out Passed Nowhere. It’s his debut record and features Howe Gelb, musicians from Sugar Candy Mountain, The Myrrors, Xixa, and China, as well as a very special appearance by the poet laureate of punk, Patti Smith, who Ray has worked with as her longtime guitarist. ‘Ol’ … Continue reading
Earlier this year Howe Gelb announced that Giant Sand were coming to a conclusion after 30 years stating, “30 years seems an adequate number to aptly utter ‘I kinda quit.” They released Heartbreak Pass in 2015 and are this year releasing a three volume vinyl boxset called The Sun Set. Gelb certainly isn’t wallowing in self-abandoned misery though. Instead … Continue reading
International news has been high on our radar at the end of this week with the announcement of the nominees for the Americana Honors and Awards to be held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville in September. many of the expected nominees are there – Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell and Lucinda Williams whose album of … Continue reading
Taken from the new Giant Sand LP Heartbreak Pass, here’s a trippy video clip for the track Transponder featuring Jason Lytle of Grandaddy. Continue reading
Ahead of the 30th anniversary of their 1985 debut, Valley of Rain, the Howe Gelb-led Giant Sand have released the first taste of their new album Heartbreak Pass. ‘Transponder’ features Grandaddy’s Jason Lyttle and the upcoming album also has appearances from Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley, Grant-Lee Phillips, John Parish and more. Heartbreak Pass is due out on May 5th via New … Continue reading
Howe Gelb is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Giant Sand on October 25th with a brand spanking new album Blurry Blue Mountain and a thirty album strong reissue series on Fire Records. About the new record Gelb says… These recordings were done in the space between the waking world and the sleeping one. there exists a point there with … Continue reading
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