CALEXICO EL MIRADOR SPUNK! RECORDS El Mirador is the name of a lost Mayan city but in the context of Calexico’s 10th studio album it stands both as a lookout point and a beacon in the dark. Core members Joey Burns and John Convertino have been finessing their rhythmic and melodic interplay for 30 years … Continue reading
Nine albums in and Calexico are still pushing the boundaries of expectations and their own creative urges. Many of their albums have sounded produced and polished – polite even. Here they dismiss any need for a clean or cohesive sound, instead adding some grit and distortion and a gauzier texture to some the album’s 15 tracks. … Continue reading
Calexico have announced that they will release their ninth LP The Thread That Keep Us on January 26th, 2018. The core duo of vocalist/guitarist Joey Burns and drummer John Convertino found a spiritual recording home in unusual surroundings—not in Arizona, but on the Northern California coast in a home-turned-studio called the Panoramic House. Working with their … Continue reading
Calexico have just released their new album Edge of The Sun via Spunk Records and it is shaping up as their finest in years. A great example of that is the soaring ‘Falling From The Sky’ featuring Ben Bridwell of Band Of Horses. Here’s the weird and disturbing clip for the track… Continue reading
Calexico (primarily the duo of John Convertino and Joey Burns) have been kicking up desert dust together since 1996 with their distinctive blend of jazz, post-rock, country and Tex-Mex music. Their last album was Algiers (2012) and now they’ve announced that their new album The Edge Of The Sun will be released on April 14th via Anti-/City … Continue reading
Tracklisting Gene Clark – American Dreamer (American Dreamer soundtrack) Calexico – Alone Again Or (Love cover, Alone Again Or EP, 2003) Davey Craddock & The Spectacles – Keep On Waiting (Going Home EP, 2012) Bill Monroe – Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Country & Western Hit Parade 1947, compilation) Phosphorescent – Cocaine Lights (Pride, 2007) Oakley … Continue reading
Calexico have graciously decided to give away a recording of their gig in Nuremburg last year. If you haven’t experienced the mexicali, americana, mariarchi sounds of Calexico live then this is the next best thing… DOWNLOAD Continue reading
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