Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Calexico & Ranier -- "Be Prepared" (MP3) As mentioned in the beginning of June, "Calexico released a video for 'Para,' the first single from their new album Algiers which is out September 11." That's the cover art for the... more info

The Late Greats — How about some new Calexico? A new album drops 9/11 on Anti-. Check out the leadoff single below. Sure to be a good one. Watch: Track List: 01. Epic 02. Splitter 03. Siinner in the Sea 04. Fortune Teller 05. … Continue reading → more info

Guardian Music — Village Underground, LondonOther Lives have barely been off the road since the release of their second album, Tamer Animals, last August, and band-leader Jesse Tabish is feeling the effects of tour-induced "mind-frost". "We've been to London more tim... more info

Song, by Toad —  Lungs, Dirt and Dreams is pretty well described by its title actually, and has a kind of thunderously epic quality which constantly kicks back against the kind of defeatism this kind of music tends to evoke. You could easily compare a lot of this t... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Hark! A City Slang Christmas EP, free downloads from Lambchop, Laura Gibson, Dear Reader, Dan Mangan, Nada Surf and Calexico. Read more » more info

Totally Fuzzy — If you've just recently become a Calexico fan and missed out on any of the band's eight self-released tour CDs, you're in luck. The band is releasing Road Atlas 1998-2011 Nov. 22 on Quarterstick Records. Read more » more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The last big music release week of the year brings several albums I can wholeheartedly recommend, including Kate Bush's 50 Words for Snow, Calexico's Road Atlas 1998-2011, Rhett Miller's The Interpreter, Live at Largo, and Wooden Wand's Briarwood. Al... more info

Here Comes The Flood — The Luz de Vida compilation album, out now on Fort Lowell Records, is touching remembrance for the victims of the January 8th shootings in Tucson, AZ. When the calls were made to artists to contribute a song, response was huge. Since it was origina... more info

Altsounds — Realised through tragic circumstances, the passing of Rainer Ptacek and the birth of Calexico, it all came together at the end for Giant Sand. Arguably Giant Sand's finest album, the fruits of an astounding story and the mesmerising high point of ... more info

Guardian Music — From Dub Side of the Moon to Dave Depper's Ram Project, the heroically pointless act of covering an entire album is one of pop's odder habits. Peter Paphides tries to rationalise itThe footnotes of pop are littered with all sorts of heroic but arguab... more info