Comments on: Why Calexico Are Fucking Brilliant

By: murray mccory

murray mccory — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:44:35 +0000

I was trying to find sheet music and lyrics to the songs in the sound track of BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE, when I came across your site and comments on Calexico about the Ballad of Cable Hogue. I will try to find and purchase the Calexico music.

By: I guess all this history is just a mystery to me | A Free Man

I guess all this history is just a mystery to me | A Free Man — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:38:52 +0000

[...] is a master of getting feedback from a notoriously reticent audience. See this post about Neds and this one on Calexico as an example of Toad at his [...]

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:22:22 +0000

I think that’s fair, given that the weight of opinion on this site seems to be against I am very pleased that you said hello and voiced an opinion in my favour. Cheers, Katie!

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:14:57 +0000

I love Calexico! Yay! But you can’t take the credit for converting me Señor Toad as I liked them already I’m afraid. Just thought I’d declare myself for your side, nothing eloquent to add at this juncture. Ho hum.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:44:12 +0000

Doesn’t the Garden Ruin artwork look really out of place compared to the rest of their stuff now (not counting the Iron & Wine one because it’s a side project)?

Border names are cool – I like how just over the border the town of Calexico becomes Mexicali (but should have been Mexifornia surely???) Texarkana is also cool but REM got there first.

Just thinking if I had to pick a US/Mexico border town name for a band, the one I lived just down the road from in Texas was called Edinburg. Spooky…..

By: Drunk Country

Drunk Country — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:09:52 +0000

That they are named after a state/country border town is enough for me. Go team!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:08:57 +0000

Coming from a fan of rave, I think that has to be taken as a compliment.

By: ACID TED

ACID TED — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:02:12 +0000

Could I join the Calexico are meh faction? It’s not that I mind what they do. And their Arcade Fire cover version is very pleasant. But they are a ‘nice’ band. I just can’t get terribly excited or bothered enough to give them much by way of space on the iPod.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:08:10 +0000

Well it’s hard to reproduce much magic with a shiny square print behind a sheet of acrylic.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:00:05 +0000

Yeah. It’s interesting that they’ve come back to Victor Gastelum again for the new album. I wonder if they got complaints! The original is much nicer than the way that it’s printed on the album too.