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11.10.2008
There's a band out of Austin, Texas called The Gourds. I've loved them for years, but I always find myself somewhat tongue-tied (or keyboard-tied)...
10.14.2008
Cosmic country rockers The Gourds will capture their live energy on Haymaker! their new studio album due out January 6th, 2009. Continuing the...
09.04.2007
The Gourds will perform a live set for KEXP at Bumbershoot this weekend in Seattle, scheduled to air 2:30pm to 3pm PST on Saturday, September 1st ,...
08.27.2007
The Gourds will participate in an interview/performance with KUT in Austin on Monday 8/27 at noon CST, in support of their new Yep Roc release Noble...
08.16.2007
"The Gourds have always been a tough band to pin down. Their ninth studio album and first for the Yep Roc label, Noble Creatures, resists...
07.26.2007
"That they sound best on...soulful numbers proves the Gourds have more than a few tricks up their sleeves. For them, being underestimated just means...
07.20.2007
The Gourds will participate in an interview/performance with Craig Hubbuch on WFPK at approximately 3pm on Saturday 7/21 in support of their new...
07.20.2007
Pop Matters gave the Gourds latest album, Noble Creatures a 7 out of 10 stating: "...Noble Creatures is one of the more interesting and pleasing...
07.18.2007
XM Satellite radio (on X-Country channel #12) recorded the Gourds July 7th Threadgill's show for a feature on XM. The two part show will air over the...
07.13.2007
Check out Austin Music Magazine's feature on The Gourds. Just click the link below and flip to page 18.
06.29.2007
The Gourds will participate in an interview/performance on the KGSR morning show in Austin on CD release date, July 10 between 9 and 9:30am in...
06.29.2007
Three tracks into Noble Creatures, you hit the album's heart. The opening notes of "Promenade" faintly recall the Band's non-pareil classic, "The...
06.21.2007
The Gourds' ninth studio release, their first for Yep Roc, continues to mix equal parts genre-blending road-honed instrumental grooves, iconic verbal...
06.01.2007
Roots rock can be formulaic and eventually tedious, but that's not the case with the Gourds. Jimmy Smith, one of the band's two songwriters, likens...
05.03.2007
Kelly Willis, named by NPR as "alternative country's golden goddess," returns after five years with the much-anticipated "Translated From Love" -...