Remember the video game Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver for Playstation? The game had you go around as a naked blue demon sucking the souls from people's bodies, remember? Probably not, but I do and my tireless research on YouTube leads me to believe the game was pretty terrible. In addition to looking horribly boring [...]
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Lookee here at my picks for keeping yourself out of trouble this week:Calexico w. Bowerbirds, Nov. 18th, The PhoenixOne of the leading lights in alt/country/folk along with a brilliant band on the rise.Calexico's MyspaceBowerbirds' MyspaceM83, Nov. 20th, The Opera HouseThe latest musical export from France, M83 will appeal to fans of Air and The Streets.M83's Myspace
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Missed Calexico the last few times they've come to your town? Don't worry because the Tuscon, Arizona-based rockers have recently released their entire collection of tour CDs via "Touch & Go Records'":http://www.touchandgorecords.com/ digital store. The CDs include studio outtakes, live recordings, exclusive studio sessions, and "consistently offer fans a unique perspective on the diversity and...
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Calexico's new tour-only CD will be a live one, from the band's Carried to Dust tour last fall. Always excellent live, Calexico just wrapped up a very well-received tour with Andrew Bird. (And recorded an album with Tom Russell.)Ancienne Belgique - Live In Brussels 2008 features 14 songs and is only available on Calexico's Web site or at shows.But the band did post four of the songs to YouTube as
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--- - |- NPR has just put a preview video of Calexico's new album Carried to Dust which is due out on September 9th on Touch and Go/Quarterstick and can be pre-ordered here. The video is very insightful on how the album was recorded and put together in their city of Tucson, Arizona. Plus you get to hear [...] ~~- Calexico
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here is the first video off calexico's carried to dust for the single "two silver trees." the video is directed by james fleischel - the name sounds familiar, but where do i know it from? i am going to go out on a limb and say, at this point, carried to dust is my favorite [...]~~
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Calexico is a Tucson, Arizona based rock band, who are known for their eclectic repertoire, varying from americana to indie and alternative to folk. Although the variety of styles, Calexico's music always echoes the atmosphere of the deep American South and Mexico.Comprising of core-members Joey Burns and John Convertino Calexico came into existence in 1996, after releasing the debut LP Spoke....
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Fun fact about Calexico: you can buy really awesome Dia de los Muertos paper flags on their website! Fact #2: John (of the band) recently composed a film score for Taiwanese filmmaker Peter Chang's Man with a Movie Camera-esque video portrait of Tokyo, Toyko Is Dreaming, which premiered about a month ago at a film festival in England. Whoa, what's this? Another fact? YES. Here goes: Calexico is...
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Now a decade into their career, Tucson's Calexico continue to cull their sound from the surrounding deserts. Just as their name implies, that sound is equally rooted in California and Mexico - border-hopping back and forth - absorbing whichever styles that happen to be pulled in by their ever-widening wake. 2006's Garden Ruin [...]~~
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Joey Burns and John Convertino's Carried To Dust is out this fall. As mentioned when we posted spare, subtle "Two Silver Trees ," the album includes the helping hands of various friends like pedal steel player Paul Niehaus, bassist Volker Zander, and multi-instrumentalists Martin Wenk and Jacob Valenzuela along with Sam Beam, Douglas McCombs, Pieta Brown, etc. That said, "Two Silver Trees"'s vi...
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They started off as mere "former members" of Giant Sand, branching off into the Friends of Dean Martinez. From there, it was onwards and upwards to the likes of Richard Buckner and Victoria Williams, also collaborating with Lisa Germano, Iron & Wine's Sam Beam, Neko Case, and so many beautiful others. This is Calexico we're talking about here — namely founding members Joey Burns and John Conver.
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Calexico, A Tucson based group-I didn't even know these guys were around until about a year and1/2 ago. Oh well Az neighbors I guess. Actually thier old stuff is really good as well,I love the horns and steel guitar and accordion as well...Good Stuff!!!
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I was checking out Calexico's website, and went to see what goodies they had in their audio section. It was under construction, but they put a link to archive.org. I've been here before, but had forgotten what a good resource for a lot of band sanctioned, free, recordings. Check it out.
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