Mixing up mariachi and cumbia with their alt country twang, Calexico have been ploughing their unique furrow of ‘desert noir’ since the mid 1990s. As former members of cult group Giant Sand, Joey Burns and John Convertino have released eight albums of dusty Americana, the latest being Algiers which came out at the end of 2012. If deserts and old westerns are your thing, be sure to check out their Latitude performance.
Mixing up mariachi and cumbia with their alt country twang, Calexico have been ploughing their unique furrow of ‘desert noir’ since the mid 1990s. As former members of cult group Giant Sand, Joey Burns and John Convertino have released eight albums of dusty Americana, the latest being Algiers which came out at the end of 2012. If deserts and old westerns are your thing, be sure to check out their Latitude performance.