Calexico - Spoke - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

There's always been intrigue and adventure at the heart of Calexico. Joey Burns and John Convertino have constantly imbued their music with an unparalleled sense of drama, calling upon the myths and iconography of the American West and it's Spanish speaking neighbor Mexico. CARRIED TO DUST represents the pinnacle of their achievement, a thrilling and moving journey through a landscape that draws upon the modern world as much as it does the decayed reminders of times past, stumbling upon unexpected delights whilst always moving forward with a pioneering sense of purpose. Album Tracks 1. Victor Jara's Hands 2. Two Silver Trees 3. The News About William 4. Sarabande in Pencil Form 5. Writer's Minor Holiday 6. Man Made Lake 7. Inspiracion 8. House of Valparaiso 9. Slowness 10. Bend to the Road 11. El Gatillo (Trigger Revisited) 12. Fractured Air (Tornado Watch) 13. Falling from Sleeves 14. Red Blooms 15. Contention City

Calexico is Jeoy Burns and John Convertino of Giant Sand. Their fourth album is a masterpiece of beauty and diversity, with desert-rock guitar interplay to expansive noir-ish sweep to full-mariachi grandeur. Album Tracks 1. Sunken Waltz 2. Quattro (World Drifts in) 3. Stucco 4. Black Heart 5. Pepita 6. Not Even Stevie Nicks 7. Close Behind 8. Woven Birds 9. The Book and the Canal 10. Attack El Robot! Attack! 11. Across the Wire 12. Dub Latina 13. Guero Canelo 14. Whipping the Horse's Eyes 15. Crumble 16. No Doze

Album Tracks 1. El Picador 2. Ballad of Cable Nogue 3. Ritual Road Map 4. Fade 5. Untitled III 6. Sonic Wind 7. Muleta 8. Mid-Town 9. Service and Repair 10. Untitled II 11. Drenched 12. 16 Track Scratch 13. Tres Avisos 14. Hot Rail