Calexico - Feast of Wire
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Free Music Review: Calexico plays true
Hit: 5 Stars
I can talk about this song or that, or how Calexico has a distinctive and beautiful sound, and all that. Here's how I know this album is good. After I got it, I played it for an entire week to the exclusion of pretty much everything else.
It gets under your skin it's so good. It changes pace and style from song to song, so you don't get bored, and songs don't all convolve together into just one indistinguishable pile of music. It'll keep in your mind even after you turn it off, and you'll look forward to getting back home so you can listen to it again.
And then, you should go to el Guero Canelo and get the best Sonoroan hotdog ever.
Free Music Review: Feast of Sounds
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a folk album and Calexico isn't afraid to do something different. The album has a very southwestern feel and even goes south of the border on several songs. I am not an instrument expert, but I do know there are some instruments in here that I only hear in Sergio Leone films. With such an array of instruments... Joey Burns vocals are almost ignored. But it is his voice that really lifts this album from being an experimental effort to a darn-close masterpiece.
A few instrumentals throughout the album might slow some listeners down. But it won't stop most from enjoying this album. Quattro (World Drifts In) is probably my favorite track and is classic Calexico with a several horns for good measure. Close Behind plays like a folk song with visions of Love's Forever Changes (1967). And that album seems to be a great influence on Feast of Wire. The great thing is that Calexico really invents their own style and sound. They may resemble something else, but Feast of Wire is still their own. Above or below Garden Ruin, this album is one of Calexico's best.
Free Music Review: Very Disappointing Effort From an EXCELLENT Band
Hit: 1 Stars
I'd heard of Calexico, but had never purchased an album. Then I saw them play at the Republic in New Orleans the night before they were to play the annual Jazz Fest. They BLEW MY MIND as a live band.
Seriously one of the best shows I have ever seen. Then they did it again the next day on a huge stage at Jazz Fest!!!! The crowd was very into it.
So after debating (with myself) which of their discs to purchase, I chose "Feast of Wire"....
My companion and I were hoping to sort-of recreate their live shows with a cd for our road trip out of New Orleans, but were sorely disappointed.
This cd is boring overall and does not capture their live energy, which is their greatest asset. Also, there's too much synth-sounding "things" on this album....I was hoping for a more organic sound --- more like their live sound. Apparently all albums before this one are more what I was looking for!!
Free Music Review: Complex, interesting, fun...
Hit: 5 Stars
I absolutely love Calexico's version of "Alone Again Or" on the Austin Music Fest CD from 2004, and was more than pleasantly surprised at this CD. The best part about it: it's NEVER boring.
Too many CDs (especially Pop music cr*p) sound like they took one song, and replayed the same tune over and over, substituting banal lyrics and calling it "art."
Guess what kids? THIS is art. Thoughtful lyrics, complex arrangements, and combinations of styles like Jazz, Country and Latin make this a superb CD.
Free Music Review: hauntingly beautiful
Hit: 5 Stars
i'm not sure what the reviewer scott taylor listens to (and music is a vey personal thing, like religion i guess), but in my mind this is one the finest, most creative, hauntingly beautiful, and wonderfully mesmerizing albums i have heard in a long time. 'black heart' is a killer. please check out the dvd also if you have not seen them live. they are daring, challenging and diverse. some of my other favorites that exceed musical boundaries are coltrane, hendrix, miles, king crimson etc. so, judge for yourself, but give this one a chance if you truly love creative music.