Calexico, a Tex-Mex/indie-rock band, returns to its hometown of Tucson to perform at The Rialto Theater tonight. Though its a more underground band, Calexico’s travel-inspired and laid-back tunes have ...

The soft Southwestern melodies and rich orchestration from the Tucson cross-genre rockers have left a distinctive mark upon the world of film and music, whether featuring heavily in the Todd Haynes ...

The band's album The Thread That Keeps Us is jangly desert mashup of Western Americana, Latin influence and any other sounds Calexico has picked... Calexico On World Cafe If you've listened to the ...

Permanent Records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most. As much as music can ever be the sound of a place, Calexico’s is the desert Southwest, a soundtrack full of space and ...

Remember back in the late 90s when Calexico’s combination of windswept Spaghetti Western and Mexican music on early albums like Black Light and Hot Rail was daring and adventurous? Those days seem a ...

They’re subtle — and sometimes sung in Spanish — but the questions that are scattered across Calexico’s Edge of the Sun carry the thrust of the album’s themes. Where? What? Why? The questions are ...

Calexico co-founders Joey Burns and John Convertino hear the world differently than most people. After all, not everyone would have imagined that surf guitar reverb would sound so at home beneath a ...

Calexico are set to release their eighth album, Edge of the Sun, on April 14 via ANTI-, and they recently put out its lead single, “Cumbia de Done.” The album features Neko Case, Iron & Wine main man ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Over the past decade, many people have heard the band Calexico without knowing who they were listening to. Its Tex-Mex country rock sounds have been featured on countless NPR ...

If there ever was a band that defined the southwestern sound and feel of Tucson, Ariz., it would undoubtedly be longtime indie rock band Calexico. So, it may be surprising to hear that both founding ...

Dry, arid landscapes, adobe houses, cacti and brush. The American Southwest is home to musicians Joey Burns and John Convertino. And their band Calexico has spent more than two decades exploring it.

Joey Burns says it took some convincing John Convertino, the drummer he's been working with for 30 years, to get on board with the thought of Calexico making a holiday record. "He was fine with doing ...