When the American band Calexico came to this country 20 years ago, they weren’t on many people’s antennae, despite a run of albums through the late 1990s and early 2000s.
They came here piggybacking off an invitation from Nick Cave to open for him in Australia. By happy coincidence, Feast of Wire –their breakthough album that weaved together alt-rock, mariachi music, cinema soundtracks and jazz –arrived at the same time.
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