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Hot Rail
Calexico
Hot Rail
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Special Interest, Pop, Rock, Latin Music
 
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John Convertino and Joey Burns spend a good portion of their time playing with their friend Howe Gelb in the once prolific Giant Sand. But as contractual obligations--or, perhaps, contractual constraints--forced the band t...  more »

     
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All Artists: Calexico
Title: Hot Rail
Members Wishing: 7
Total Copies: 0
Label: Quarter Stick
Original Release Date: 5/9/2000
Release Date: 5/9/2000
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Special Interest, Pop, Rock, Latin Music
Styles: Americana, Indie & Lo-Fi, Experimental Music, Latin Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 036172006229

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John Convertino and Joey Burns spend a good portion of their time playing with their friend Howe Gelb in the once prolific Giant Sand. But as contractual obligations--or, perhaps, contractual constraints--forced the band to lay off from time to time, it gave the backing boys plenty of time to pursue their own interests as Calexico. Much like Giant Sand, Calexico play a loose game, as likely to pursue Tom Waitsesque instrumentals (lots of shiny metallic percussion everywhere) as an abstract, countrified songwriting muse. The addition of horns and violin for the opening instrumental, "El Picador," and the distorted Spanish guitar of "Muleta" suggest that they've spent time well below Calexico's border. Twangy guitar riffs abound, and when pressed into tunes they highlight the duo's capacity for understated songwriting ("Ballad of Cable Hogue," "Service and Repair") that not so surprisingly sounds much like Giant Sand themselves. --Rob O'Connor

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Is "Cactus Rock" a genre? If so, Calexico's the King
Anonymous | 08/18/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD rocks. It opens up with a sweeping, cinematic trumpet that dumps you in the Sonoran Desert where it's 110 degrees and you're thirsty as hell, wearing a long-sleeved shirt and about to go hit the nearest hacienda for some watermelon cooler and tequila. Yeah, it's that vivid. Hot Rail continually pokes and prods the boundaries of indie-rock/alt-country, pulling in a healthy dose of mexican balladry, old-time GitAlong country and even French rap/spoken word to create what could be the perfect soundtrack for a Steven Soderbergh movie yet to be made. Listen to this Cd and see what movie plays in YOUR head!"