Calexico
Carried To Dust

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Joey Burns and John Convertino don?t quite explain it this way, but their last album, Garden Ruin was, if not a mistake, at least a misstep. By puttin...

After years spent banging around the Giant Sand and Bonnaroo milieu, the members of Calexico are finally achieving some level of visibility in the la...

Being in Calexico is almost like attending a music school, where every record is another lesson on the way to a dissertation. Core members Joey Burns ...

After ten years and, now, six albums, you might think there’s little new to be said about the humble and rewarding group Calexico. After thrilling the...

Calexico’s music is wide open spaces. It’s a trip through Arizona’s Painted Desert. It’s the spare writing of Cormac McCarthy, the wind that breezes t...

On 2006's Garden Ruin, Calexico wasn't above trying out an accessible alt-country formula: It was still the only notable indie-mariachi band out there...

Few bands convey a sense of place as deeply as Calexico?but they never stay in one spot very long. Named after a border town, this Arizona six-piece m...

From the opening notes of the first song, “Victor Jara’s Hands” it becomes apparent that Calexico is back in top form. In their last album Garden Ruin...

Fans of Calexico's last album, "Garden Ruin," will not find that the Arizona-based band has traversed far from that lonesome desert landscape. Special...