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New Calexico: More "Cal", less "exico"
I've written three entirely separate drafts about Calexico's Garden Ruin, which is scheduled to be released April 11. If you are a long-time Calexico fan, the first thing you will notice is the alarming lack of Nylon guitars and Mariachi horns. Calexico has been the backing band for what seems like every A-list indie rock side project in the last year, and that inter-mingling with gringos seems to have worn off on them. Several songs on Garden Ruin would feel at home on Summerteeth or XO. This seems like a record full of compromise. While it may be the album that proves Calexico is in the same song-writing league as Wilco, it may also be the album that lands them on an OC soundtrack.
MP3 Calexico - Cruel
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The last song "All Systems Red" is a total tear jerker...probably has more in common with an old Mineral 7" than anything else I've heard by them...I'm really curious to see how critics handle this record.
Comment by adam — February 15, 2006 @ 8:48 am