Calexico goes digital with six exclusive albums :: Music News :: Articles

Okay, so we’re about 10 days late on this one, but perhaps some of you Calexico fans were tending to holiday decorations or casseroles during previous news cycles and missed the fact that the band recently made their tour (and online shop)-only albums available digitally at Touch and Go Records and CasaDeCalexico.com. Toolbox (2007), The Book and the Canal (2005), Scraping (2002), Aerocalexico (2001), Travelall (2000) and ’98 – ’99 Road Map (1999) are all there for 99 cents per .mp3, $9.99 (or less) for full albums, which are comprised of studio outtakes, live bits and other rarities.

Great, yes, but unworkable as a gift. For Calexico-loving friends, why not purchase the Calexico 2008 calendar. It beats pugs, creepy Anne Geddes babies and Magic Eye-themed planners anyday.

Speaking of schedules, Calexico has one show booked before the end of the year at a KXCI Radio benefit in its hometown of Tuscon, Ariz. on Dec. 28.

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