Video: Calexico "Absent Afternoon" Live (NEW) Tucson 12/28/07

I ran into a feller at lunch today who dropped me the news that Calexico has finished recording a new album and set a release day for Sept. 9. "Carried to Dust" will be the band's fifth proper LP, but that doesn't come close to capturing the amazing array of recorded material that's come from Joey Burns and John Convertino. Add to that total two proper EPs, an iTunes-only live EP, an EP-worth of

• Calexico - Sunken Waltz

I feel like I should have something heavy and important to say with this first post of 2008. But I don't. So, on with the show. Thanks to tucsonscene.com , we have some audio AND visual proof of new material from one of Tucson's finest, Calexico . The band just played at the Temple of Music and Arts in Tucson for a benefit show, and Tucson Scene – as its name might imply – was there to videotape the proceedings. The site kindly added seven video clips to its YouTube page from [...]