Guardian Music — Everett True: Giant Sand's Howe Gelb is a sonic expeditionary for whom music is still a voyage of discovery - just don't chat to your mates during one of this gigs more info

Totally Fuzzy — Time Bandit said... C-60 continue with Giant Sand and some Mercy as well! Giant Sand "Chore of Enchantment" (2000) The Mercy Seat (Gordon Gano from Violent Femmes sideproject) "The Mercy Seat"... [Visit the blog for the full post] more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook Giant Sand The best musicians find lines of connection between music one might never consider compatible bedfellows. In Giant Sand one hears the grappling of Skip James with Television, Hendrix with Nick Drake, the apparent gul... more info

Idolator — From time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. After the jump, we look at other publications' reactions to the new album from the pride and joy of Tucson: Calexico. • ... more info