This is a post modern homage to the late, great artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat. Heavy on the electronics (but not laptop music), this was performed by a small ensemble with woodwinds, brass, percussion and piano and recorded in just two days at Systems Two in Brooklyn, by Michael Marciano. Mastered by Tom Hamilton. www.lisleellis.com
Music Reviews | No. 67
Carried to Dust
by Larry Crane
How does a band continue to grow, yet not change so much that their audience becomes disgruntled? Calexico's previous album, 2006's Garden Ruin, took a slightly different path from their...