Wendy Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 NEKO CASEGIANT SAND NEKO CASE TOUR DATES FOR SUMMER/FALL 2008 MON 8/25 - TUCSON, AZ @ THE RIALTO (Benefit for Greyhound Adoption League + Tucson Dog Protection)WED 8/27 - RENO, NV @ ROBERT HAWKINS AMPHITHEATRETHU 8/28 - SALT LAKE CITY, UT @ GALLIVAN CTR. TWILIGHT CONCERT SERIESFRI 8/29 - BOISE, ID @ WINERY @ EAGLE KNOLLSAT 8/30 - SEATTLE, WA @ BUMBERSHOOT FESTIVAL+SUN 8/31 - VANCOUVER, BC @ MALKIN BOWL (Neko Case show)+*MON 9/1 - VANCOUVER, BC @ MALKIN BOWL (New Pornographers show-NOT Neko solo material) FRI 9/12 - EARTHDANCE FESTIVAL @ BLACK OAK RANCH, CASUN 9/14 - MORRISON, CO @ RED ROCKS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I have box seats for the Des Moines show. I'm pumped. I wanna marry Neko. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 SOOOO excited for this show... haven't seen Giant Sand in forever, and opening for Neko? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 SWEET CRACKER SANDWICH!! neko AND howe gelb! *fanning self* no west coast shows??!! ARGH! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Neko's site mentioned more dates to follow, but no word of more from Giant Sand's site. But a new Giant Sand album Sep 2! From YepRoc Records:Now following a nearly four year hiatus, Howe's Giant Sand project returns with the release of proVISIONS on September 2, 2008. Produced by Howe and Kent Olsen (Arizona Amp and Alternator, Marie Frank), the album's 13 tracks were recorded during a summer in Denmark, and features the Danish musicians Thoger T. Lund (bass), Peter Dombernowsky (drums), and Anders Pedersen (slide guitar). As with past incarnations of the band, the current lineup utilizes a more natural form of playing, relying heavily on improvisation and "on the fly" problem solving, as well as exploring the latent melodic variations within the songs themselves. Also lending themselves to the casual mix are a host of talented friends/collaborators--such as Neko Case, M. Ward, Isobel Campbell, Henriette Sennenvaldt, Lucie Idlout and Lonna Kelley--all of whom ease warmly into the passenger seat to ride shotgun for a while on an album thick with musings scattered by the desert winds and soaked with eroding guitars or dusty piano. Providing an alternate route around box-store labels like "Alt. Country" while ruminating on love and loss in the socio-political climate of a modern world at odds with itself, proVISIONS is a creeping cruise down a dark desert highway, forging another surprising and welcome byway in the completely unique musical legacy of Giant Sand. and ... Giant Sand's Howe Gelb discovers lost trackJuly 7, 2008, 12:00 am Experimental americana pioneer Howe Gelb discovers lost song "Belly Full of Fire" and makes last minute alterations to new Giant Sand album proVisions. When you're as prolific as Howe Gelb it's easy to lose track of your material. To the legendary indie vet, songs are cyclical - coming and going, bleeding into one another like rain on a river. Written - or more accurately, birthed - while on tour opening for PJ Harvey in Europe, "Belly Full of Fire" was first the victim of a spilled bottle of wine in a Stockholm recording studio. Later the song fell into the creative abyss which can swallow songs whole when writing and recording at the voracious pace Gelb finds comfortable. "As is the case these days so much gets recorded and then stashed away until it’s needed ... some stuff just gets forgotten about and this was one of those songs," said Gelb on the phone from an undisclosed European location. The track finally resurfaced while going through music from Gelb's vast library in search of bonus material for proVisions. "Somehow it made sense there at the very last minute to get this new found treasure of a song in the record. It made the whole record click. It woke up the songs that came after it beautifully." "Plus, it was written while on tour with P.J. and the man who discovered her, John Parish, who is a dear friend, said he loved the track too. I reckon it was enough of an omen for me to gush, 'Oh man ... this has gotta happen.' Even though the promo copies were already pressed up and deadlines were lining up to die." Gelb has now inserted "Belly Full of Fire" into its rightful place on proVisions in lieu of the lovely, rambling "The New Romance of Falling" which will now be offered as a digital-only bonus track with purchase of proVisions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyjimmy Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I wanna marry Neko.Get in line bub. Neko's site mentioned more dates to follow Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 9/22 in southeast Michigan, please! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 THU 9/25 - OXFORD, MS @ THE LYRIC with Giant Sand Wooooo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 The show was awesome. Howe's new band isn't quite as good as previous lineups, but he put on a good show. Neko was beautiful and amazing as always. She played at least half a dozen songs from the upcoming album. Great stuff is ahead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tugmoose Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Anyone else going to the Beachland show? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 I'll buy you a beer, just for all the great headlines over the years. Well I hope Howe's group firms it up before Tuesday, but I have never seen Giant Sand before so I'll probably be happy enough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 TOMORROW!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 FRIDAY!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Anyone coming to the Block Party?? LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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