This is not always the case, however. Some bands manage to evoke an ambience without all of the technical wizardry we so frequently encounter in studio albums. Calexico's latest album, "Algiers," is a ...

It is a common occurrence for artists with long careers to try and change their surroundings in order to give themselves new stimuli, and therefore reignite the muse - Paul Simon did it with his trip ...

"And Tucson is very much in parallel with that." Perhaps that is why, despite the songs being written and the basic tracks recorded in New Orleans, Algiers retains signature Calexico sound and lyrical ...

Calexico brings in flying saucers for the music video for “Splitter,” the first single from the new CD, Algiers, which drops on Tuesday, Sept. 11. The video is directed by Paloma Zapata, a Spanish ...

Today, we have the new single from the new Calexico album Algiers, a record named for the New Orleans neighborhood where it was recorded. It's called "Splitter," and it's an flowery, uptempo record ...

8 p.m. Sunday; Aladdin Theater, 3017 S.E. Milwaukie Ave.; $22.50 When it was released last month, "Algiers," the seventh studio record by , came with narrative that read like a road map. The band, ...

When it came time to record a new Calexico record, Joey Burns and John Convertino decided they needed to get out of town. They had started work on the album in Tucson nearly a year ago, but life kept ...

The Tucson, Ariz., band's newest batch of story-songs about people in transition is titled Algiers, named for the New Orleans neighborhood where... At 11 a.m. on a weekday, Calexico rehearses for its ...

Since Calexico and DeVotchKa share a few musical sensibilities and they've both worked with producer Craig Schumacher at his Tuscon-based WaveLab Studio, it's not surprising DeVotchKa's singer Nick ...

Last year, the dusky Arizona roots-rock band Calexico released their album Algiers, and on their new Maybe On Monday EP, the band includes a couple of different versions of the title track, which ...

The Tuscon-based band Calexico, whose meditative, roots-based brand of post-rock has strong sonic ties to the desert aesthetic of the American Southwest, recorded its latest project in, basically, the ...