"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Critic Consensus
Based on 14 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Giant Sand is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths. Giant Sand concert reviews describe live shows and performances as engaging, unpredictable, and idiosyncratic.
ON TOUR
SPOT/De Oosterpoort, Groningen, Netherlands (November 2); de helling, Utrecht, Netherlands (November 7); Bello Bar, Dublin, Ireland (November 8); Botanique, Brussels, Belgium (November 29)
Giant Sand, originally The Giant Sandworms, is an American rock band formed in 1985, based in Tucson, Arizona, USA (although Los Angeles, California was its home for many years).
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Critic Concert Reviews
Americana (UK)
April 23, 2024
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While Howe Gelb is undoubtedly Giant Sand, the band members behind him revolve and rotate, sometimes dizzyingly so. Tonight’s line up was a basic trio with Giant Sand veteran Tommy Larkins on drums and Brian Lopez on bass guitar (his first outing on such it appears) while Gelb slashed and burned on guitar.
Never a man to resist a whim, Howe Gelb has resurrected the band title he retired a few years back and re-recorded the first album which came out under the Giant Sand name, 1985's ‘Valley of Rain'.
Co-headline tours such as this are what dreams are made of with two genre defining and highly influential artists coming together to each showcase their exceptional sounds.
Giant Sand head honcho Howe Gelb can often cut a mercurial figure, when he’s on his game he can be engaging, sharp, witty, irreverent and above all unpredictable.
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