Results for Calexico
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by Greg Gaston•May 28, 2008•
Of course, Paul Simon has just a bit of touch as a lyric writer/poet himself. It’s one of his gifts, and plenty of examples underline that through every stage of his long career. But unlike Beam, his subject matter more often deals with urban alienation—alone and forsaken in the big city. Cool jazz sophistication, sometimes to a fault. His persona in song is often divorced, or at least entangled, in love’s lonely lessons. That’s why Graceland feels
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by Jocelyn Hoppa•November 14, 2007•
"pleasure placed upon us of wading through the symbolic molasses"
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by Howard Wyman•September 26, 2007•
"his position at the fluid forefront of progressive folk"
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by Howard Wyman•August 8, 2007•
When it comes to the now-umbrella term “post-rock,” the Cape May are progenitors of the old guard. Focused and resolute, Glass Mountain Roads fires an arrow
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by Howard Wyman•May 30, 2007•
These relative newcomers are off to an auspicious start with Ends of June, their second LP but first stateside release. Deft, tender harmonies glimmer and tremble throughout this bedroom-studio gem...
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