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Calexico — Live From Austin TX

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 5, 2009 12:46 pm
Calexico appeared on the Austin City Limits television show after the release of 2006's Garden Ruin. While there's very little that's remarkable in terms of this DVD's production, Calexico's performance is what stands out, and it proves to the viewer that there's little to no studio trickery on the band's albums. Joey Burns, John Convertino and...
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Calexico — Carried To Dust

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 16, 2008 10:01 am
Calexico have always released great albums, and Carried To Dust, their sixth full-length, is yet another gem in their catalogue. While it's not nearly as good — or as over-the-top weird (weird for Calexico, at least) — as 2003's Feast Of Wire, it's got some pretty fantastic moments and still defies classification. In fact, its quietness is its...
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Calexico Serve Up Unpretentious Feast

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By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) July 7, 2006 2:30 pm
The winsome double bill of Calexico and openers Oakley Hall proved that Toronto has a thirst for indie rock doused in Southern Comfort. Both acts demonstrated their unique slant on traditional southern music, updated and morphed into uniquely modern styles that borrow from the past while remaining decidedly forward thinking. The irony is that...
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Calexico — Convict Pool

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By Joanne Huffa (CHARTattack) April 6, 2004 9:56 am
This Arizona duo’s new EP, Convict Pool, kicks off with a cover of Love’s "Alone Again Or" that’s so good, it might make you stop whatever you’re doing to shout out, "Holy cow! This is the best thing I’ve ever heard!" At that point, the people surrounding you might think you’re being sarcastic. But you won’t be. It really is...
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The Chart Time Tunnel: Calexico

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) May 21, 2010 12:22 pm
Over the history of the weekly charts, there are few bands that have as many entries as Tuscon, Ariz. duo Calexico. Joey Burns and John Convertino began as a mariachi-inspired side project for Giant Sand's rhythm section, and their success quickly surpassed that of Giant Sand. That led to the eventual split between the pair and Giant Sand...
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Pumping: Calexico — Garden Ruin

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) July 17, 2009 3:42 pm
You can slice it any way you want, but this album will never, ever be better than Feast Of Wire. Half the tracks on here are a snooze.
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Calexico Go Live For New DVD

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 11, 2008 3:58 pm
Calexico will release their second live DVD, Live From Austin TX, on Jan. 20 through New West Records. The 15-track disc features songs from the band's Sept. 13, 2006 performance on the Austin City Limits television show. It includes tracks from that year's Garden Ruin, 2003's Feast Of Wire, 2000's Hot Rail and 1998's The Black Light. Calexico...
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Calexico Still Love Variety

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 13, 2008 1:13 pm
One of the first things you may notice about Calexico's sixth studio album, Carried To Dust, is the number of collaborations on it. The disc includes guest spots from Iron & Wine's Sam Beam (who Calexico worked with on 2005's In The Reins EP), singer/songwriter Pieta Brown, Tortoise's Doug McCombs and many others. Calexico singer/guitarist...
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Pumping: Calexico - Carried To Dust

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If you really like music, Calexico are the band you're going to like once you start getting old. There's no shame in that. They're quite awesome. We're just saying there comes a time in every person's life when screaming or thunderous bass lines or sly backpack raps just aren't your thing anymore. When that happens, these guys' spaghetti...
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Calexico Carried To Dust

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 9, 2008 4:30 pm
Calexico will release Carried To Dust, another album mixing various southwestern American musical styles, on Sept. 9 through Touch & Go Records. Carried To Dust was recorded in the group's hometown of Tucson, Ariz. at Wavelab Studios with producer Nick Luca (Neko Case, Iron & Wine). Singer/guitarist Joey Burns and fellow band founder...
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Calexico Go Back To The Tool Box For New Instrumental Release

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) June 26, 2007 4:00 pm
Calexico had some recent down time from touring in support of their most recent LP, Garden Ruin. So much, in fact, that they recorded an instrumental album titled Tool Box. The 14-track effort was recorded at Tucson, Arizona's Big Block Studio with engineer Mike Prado and mixed by Craig Schumacher at Wavelab in the same city. It will be...
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Lollapalooza 2006 Day Two

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Photographer: 
Will Taylor
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Grant Park
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Chicago, IL
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August 5, 2006
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Lollapalooza 2006 Day Two

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Will Taylor
Venue: 
Grant Park
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Chicago, IL
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August 5, 2008
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Lollapalooza 2006 Day Two

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Will Taylor
Venue: 
Grant Park
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Chicago, IL
Date: 
August 5, 2006
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Lollapalooza 2006 Day Two

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Will Taylor
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Grant Park
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Chicago, IL
Date: 
August 5, 2006
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Calexico — Hot Rail

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By Debbie Bento (CHARTattack) May 9, 2000 1:29 pm
The term "Concept Album" has usually only been thrown around when dealing with a band that's taken themselves way too seriously and tried to make an arty impression on the music world. Thankfully, Calexico are a band that hasn't gone the route of making horribly shallow conceptual music. Hot Rail pulls you in, creating dramatic pictures...
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