Music Review

Hot Rail (2008)

Calexico

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Lead Performance: Calexico; Genre: Indie Rock

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By Marc Weingarten

Musical magpies with a love for lulling gringo conjuntos, shambling roots rock, and frisky norteno, Calexico defy listeners to settle into a groove. On Hot Rail, the Arizona duo burrows deep into south-of-the-border territory, with authentic waltz-time instrumentals, then warbles murder ballads and emotional road-kill tales that sound like Will Oldham fronting a mariachi band. A-

Posted May 19, 2000

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