Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Mike Watt/Mike Baggetta, Avail's second reunion date, Teenage Bottlerocket, Chokehold, Cher/Nile Rodgers and Chic, BIG|BRAVE, and more tour-related news. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Listen to new songs by Year of the Knife, Telekinesis, Flock of Dimes, Madeline Kenney, Howe Gelb (Giant Sand), and more. Continue reading… more info

Aquarium Drunkard — We’re back. The weather is beginning to turn. We’re almost there. Welcome to the September edition of the Transmissions podcast. On this episode, we sit down with three legends of independent music: psychedelic singer/songwriter Robyn H... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — American Music Club frontman and veteran solo artist Mark Eitzel will release his next album, Hey Mr. Ferryman, on January 27 via Merge. It was produced by Suede's Bernard Butler, and he's just shared a second song from it.. Continue readin... more info

DrownedInSound — We chat to the indie legend about his new musical direction more info

Uncut — Future Standards arrives in November Future Standards arrives in November The post Howe Gelb announces new album; shares track “Terribly So” appeared first on Uncut. more info

KEXP Seattle — For the past 40 years, John Doe has done it all, from fronting legendary punk band X to acting in TV and film. On his twelfth solo album, The Westerner, he found inspiration in the desert around him in Tucson, Arizona, where he was recording with How... more info

Stereogum — Describing the music of Howe Gelb as “alt-country” doesn’t do justice to the immense, genre-spanning catalogue that he’s amassed over his band Giant Sand’s 30 years in existence. True, Gelb has put out several great records within the roots... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Essential Tracks: Album reviews of Howe Gelb's 'The Coincidentalist,' White Night's 'Prophets of Templum CDXX,' Brandy Clark's '12 Stories' and Nick Lowe's 'Quality Street.'Howe Gelb, "The Coincidentalist" (New West) more info

KEXP Seattle — Howe Gelb is a goddamn institution. Over the past three decades he has released 25 albums with the mercurial outfit Giant Sand (originally known as Giant Sandworm, most lately known as Giant Giant Sand), and almost as many albums under his own name (... more info