Calexico / Iron & Wine

10-14-05 Studio 2A - 91.3 FM KXCI Community Radio, Tucson, AZ

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1: He Lays In The Reins
2: talk
3: Prison On Route 41
4: talk
5: Dead Man's Will
5: talk

Sam Beam - Guitar & Vocals
Joey Burns - Guitar & Vocals
Salvador Doran - Percussion & Vocals (on #1 & #3)

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From Pitchfork..


Iron & Wine/Calexico Kick Off Tour

Kati Llewellyn reports:
On a 1992 episode of Full House titled "Captain Video", Michelle Tanner joined her local Honeybee troop. She started off with a blank sash and was determined to earn a cooking badge. Several attempts involving (if we remember correctly) ice cream and olives, pudding and cheese, and other equally endearing but disgusting recipes didn't turn out so hot. Uncle Jesse advised little Michelle to keep it straight, and in the end, she earned her Honeybee badge with a combination of juice, Popsicle sticks, and the freezer. The moral of the story had to do with perseverance, but I'd like to concentrate on the "mixing different things can suck, or be great" part.

Fortunately for everyone involved, Iron & Wine and Calexico's newly released In the Reins EP is the juice-and-popsicle-sticks of indie collaborations. Sticking with what works, these two artists kick off a short US tour tomorrow in Calexico's hometown of Tucson, AZ. Hopefully they won't melt out there, hardy har har!

As previously reported, each band will play their own set, and at the end join forces for a final extravaganza. They just added a bunch of new dates in December, so now the East Coast and Midwest can revel in the sea and the rhythm and the feast of wire.

Rein ‘em in:

10-15 Tucson, AZ - The Rialto
10-16 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
10-17 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
10-18 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern LG
10-19 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
10-21 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
10-22 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre
10-24 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
10-26 Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
10-28 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
10-29 Fort Worth, TX - Ridglea Theatre
10-30 Austin, TX - Stubb's Barbeque
12-02 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
12-03 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
12-04 New York, NY - Webster Hall
12-05 New York, NY - Webster Hall
12-06 New York, NY - Webster Hall
12-07 Boston, MA - Avalon
12-08 Montreal, Quebec - Spectrum
12-10 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
12-11 Chicago, IL - Congress Theater
12-13 St. Louis, MO - Mississippi Nights
12-14 Louisville, KY - Headliner's

Calexico's new tour CD, The Book and the Canal, can be purchased at the shows, as well as on the band's website. The CD includes vintage live cuts, home-recorded demos and brand-spankin' new studio recordings! Calexico also has a new album in the works, with production by J.D. Foster, and slated for a spring 2006 release on Quarterstick.

The Book and the Canal tracklist:

01 Half a Smidge
02 What's a Little Wait
03 Griptape
04 Muddy Meadow
05 Near the Woodpile
06 Unter Unserem Himmel
07 Painted Over
08 Electric Relay
09 Ghostwriter
10 Dredging
11 Heavy with the Bass
12 Arco Chato
13 Break to Barranca
14 Kiss and Tell
15 In the Cut
16 Drag Storm Around
17 One Last Panoramic

* Pitchfork Review: Iron & Wine/Calexico: In the Reigns EP
* Pitchfork News: Iron & Wine, Calexico to Tour Together
* Iron & Wine: http://www.ironandwine.com/
* Calexico: http://www.casadecalexico.com/