Calexico kick things off with “Hear the Bells”, which has more than a touch of the Big O about it, as banks of strings back up a country slide guitar and Mexican trumpets. This is followed with a ...

Just over a year has passed since Calexico’s last release – their second superb collaborative effort with Iron & Wine – but it feels like a lifetime. So when Joey Burns and John Convertino announced ...

[ { "name": "Air - MedRect Combo - Inline Content 1", "component": "29441156", "insertPoint": "1/3", "requiredCountToDisplay": "9", "parentWrapperClass": "fdn-ads ...

Apparently no one told Calexico that October is when you release Christmas albums, not when you announce them. The mariachi-infused Tucson indie veterans will drop Seasonal Shift, their first holiday ...

The balance for new Christmas music (cosily nostalgic and lyrically traditional while still sounding fresh and surprising) is not easy to strike. That’s why Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is ...

Calexico’s Joey Burns says the band didn’t set out to record an album of seasonal music this year. The band’s European label, City Slang, asked them if they’d like to do one holiday song “as a way of ...