Calexico's new tour-only CD will be a live one, from the band's Carried to Dust tour last fall. Always excellent live, Calexico just wrapped up a very well-received tour with Andrew Bird. (And recorded an album with Tom Russell.)Ancienne Belgique - Live In Brussels 2008 features 14 songs and is only available on Calexico's Web site or at shows.But the band did post four of the songs to YouTube as
In what has been a treat for collectors like myself Calexico has been providing "Tour Only" releases since 1999 on their in-house label Our Soil Our Strength. Their last tour release was in June, 2007 with Tool Box - a recording of instrumentals with just Joey and John rather than the full band. This morning on the casadecalexico Yahoo group, Calexico/Giant Sand Archivist, KUAT jockey Jim Blackwood announced that there will be a new Tour CD Ancienne Belgique - Live in Brussels 2008 . It was recorded in Brussels on October 13th, [...]