and now for something completely different... well, far from completely, actually i think Calexico are very much in a Dylan/The Band tradition, just with a heavy mexican flavor added to the Americana. actually, someone mentioned the Jim James/I'm Not There OST version of "Going To Acapulco" - the backing band on that track (as well as others, including Willie Nelson's and Roger McGuinn's) actually is Calexico, and they appear in the movie as well.
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr-anQV2pY4[/video]
it sometimes seems to me that for some weird reason, they might be bigger here (Austrian and Germany) than they are in the US. weird because they do fit in with the Alt-country crowd like Wilco - but while they'd probably be glad to open for Wilco in the US, it'd be the other way around in Austria or Germany.
i think part of the reason is simply that they've always done a lot of touring here, even rather special events - played with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, for example: [video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySQmRYWTXys[/video]
since, however, i initially spoke of "completely different", i feel compelled to actually bring in something that's a little more out of line. how about some of this generation's finest? Radiohead. to make the transition easy, i'm picking one of their cutest tunes, in an extra-cute acoustic rendition:
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI53IYievtY[/video]
