Calexico - Fine Line Music Cafe, 9/28/2006
Source: morecowbell.net
I haven’t had time to write about a few shows that i’ve attended over the 2 weeks, so here goes:
This was my first time seeing Calexico in over 2 years, and just over 3 years since i last saw them headline, so needless to say i was a bit excited for the show. Openers, Oakley Hall, were a rather pleasant surprise. I’d heard a lot of great things about them from various people, and i knew they had just opened for another favorite of mine, M. Ward, so i figured i would probably dig ‘em and i definitely did. Now trying to classify their sound is another task altogether. They’re just one of those bands you have to hear for yourself honestly.
Calexico played a strong, just under 2 hour set:
1. Yours and Mine
2. Gypsy’s Curse
3. Across The Wire
4. Sunken Waltz
5. Deep Down
6. Minas De Cobre
7. Roka
8. Not Even Stevie Nicks
9. Cruel
10. Mazurka
11. Alone Again Or
12. All Systems Red
13. Ojitios Traidores
14. Letter To Bowie Knife
15. Crystal FrontierEncore:
16. Bisbee Blue (on the setlist, not played)
17. Song of Everything (w/ Oakley Hall)
18. Corona
The set was pretty varied i must say, as I was expecting a lot more from the new record, so i was quite pleased that they mixed it up quite a bit. Hearing All Systems Red (which is one of the most intense songs of the year for me) was nothing short of amazing. Whether or not they’d admit to it, the song reminds me of the slow build type of epic songs that The Frames do so well, and considering they toured together in 2003, i don’t think i’m too far off base. Their fantastic cover of Love’s Alone Again Or was a treat, and they took the opportunity to pay tribute to the late great Arthur Lee with a shout out afterward.
