Comments on: Win Tickets to See Calexico at the Fonda on the 29th! http://blogging.la/2008/09/23/win-tickets-to-see-calexico-at-the-fonda-on-the-29th/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: topomodesto http://blogging.la/2008/09/23/win-tickets-to-see-calexico-at-the-fonda-on-the-29th/comment-page-1/#comment-40458 topomodesto Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:42:17 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=15442#comment-40458 My favorite is "Pepita." My favorites from Calexico are usually the poppier songs with vocals, but there is something incredibly atmospheric about the layers that build through "Pepita." It's all drama. I took a cross-country drive not long after <i>Feast of Wire</i> was released, and I will always remember hitting the southwest with "Pepita" playing at dusk. Romantic visuals of rock formations with a cool breeze and clear skies and nighttime driving with a purpose always pop in my mind. I feel like the song most cohesively showcases what Calexico does best: cinematic music that feels modern while recalling traditional music of the southwest. But "Pepita" seems unique in the way that it does so without the traditional instrumentation that usually belay their influences. My favorite is “Pepita.” My favorites from Calexico are usually the poppier songs with vocals, but there is something incredibly atmospheric about the layers that build through “Pepita.” It’s all drama. I took a cross-country drive not long after Feast of Wire was released, and I will always remember hitting the southwest with “Pepita” playing at dusk. Romantic visuals of rock formations with a cool breeze and clear skies and nighttime driving with a purpose always pop in my mind. I feel like the song most cohesively showcases what Calexico does best: cinematic music that feels modern while recalling traditional music of the southwest. But “Pepita” seems unique in the way that it does so without the traditional instrumentation that usually belay their influences.

]]> By: colinski http://blogging.la/2008/09/23/win-tickets-to-see-calexico-at-the-fonda-on-the-29th/comment-page-1/#comment-40457 colinski Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:53:32 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=15442#comment-40457 Sunken Waltz! When that little acoustic guitar riff plays in the middle of the song, then melts into the reverbed electric guitar bit that comes in, I'm already entranced by the onetwothree waltz beat. Pure auditory heaven! Seriously, there is no better music to drive through the desert to than Calexico. Sunken Waltz! When that little acoustic guitar riff plays in the middle of the song, then melts into the reverbed electric guitar bit that comes in, I’m already entranced by the onetwothree waltz beat. Pure auditory heaven!

Seriously, there is no better music to drive through the desert to than Calexico.

]]> By: jscottamy http://blogging.la/2008/09/23/win-tickets-to-see-calexico-at-the-fonda-on-the-29th/comment-page-1/#comment-40456 jscottamy Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:38:32 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=15442#comment-40456 ROKA. It's like every drive across to Las Vegas at four in the morning with a pack of Camel wides, a cup of java from a truckstop, the windows down as you try to sing along with the spanish singer and have absolutely no idea what it is that they're singing, but knowing exactly what they mean. I stick that song on nearly every mixtape I've ever made. Scott (jscottamy@earthlink.net) ROKA. It’s like every drive across to Las Vegas at four in the morning with a pack of Camel wides, a cup of java from a truckstop, the windows down as you try to sing along with the spanish singer and have absolutely no idea what it is that they’re singing, but knowing exactly what they mean. I stick that song on nearly every mixtape I’ve ever made.

Scott (jscottamy@earthlink.net)

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