Calexico

Prickly-pear melodies, burbling mariachi horns, blow-pop marimba chords, Western-sunset
guitars and, in the distance, the cry of a train whistle -- such is the ambience of a Calexico
tune. Singer-guitarist Joey Burns and drummer John Convertino used to be in a lounge
group called Friends of Dean Martinez, and they still are in the Arizona art-rock outfit Giant
Sand; that pedigree, as well as Calexico's gorgeously downcast sound, put them... More >