I have enjoyed Calexico live several times in Berlin. In Munich I met the producer of their very first album Spoke. It was interesting to hear from him about the beginning of the band. I have got most of their albums on CD (except Spoke which I have got on vinyl), and I think that Feast Of Wire is also my favourite one. I have also got the DVD World Drifts In, which I find very enjoyable. My former neighbor was the long-time concert agent for Calexico. It's a small world after all.
@narrowfield684619 күн бұрын
Mazzy, all I can say is thank you! Had never heard of Calexico or the Eels until this week. Your channel is helping me find more music and worry less about the equipment!
@mailhot8211 ай бұрын
Thank you, Mazzy! The past 2 days I have been streaming "Feast Of Wire" and was drawn in from the get-go! Compelling, eclectic, beautiful music. Love it!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
@robo317411 ай бұрын
Wow, quite an honor to bestow on Calexico. A band I believe has now faded from the regular press cycle and attention of the online media. Though they've always put out quality. I definitely loved this album back then, and still have the CD, but I have to confess haven't heard it in some time. Always interesting that they were lumped in with indie rock bands but were certainly a different beast. Much like Tortoise was as well. Cheers Mazzy
@seekingathread11 ай бұрын
I thought for sure you were going to say ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’
@theoinmaine248511 ай бұрын
I love this album, I bought it when it came out and been waiting to get this reissue. I saw them in Phoenix years ago, very enjoyable music. Nice hat!
@mahabkhatib937711 ай бұрын
Nice lid kid. 😎 Fun Vid Mazz. Thanks for your great content.
@TimsGuitarWorldwithTimFeskorn11 ай бұрын
If I could sport a Stetson as well as you or Tim Olyphant do, I would be wearing it 24/7. I am a huge Giant Sand fan, especially the early stuff when Calexico were Howe’s band, so will be tracking down their stuff. Thanks for showing this record, Mazzy.
@Russell.S11 ай бұрын
Well defended. Nice work boss. Keep them coming.
@jasonarsenault379111 ай бұрын
Great hat, great record. Thanks Mazzy.
@recordcollectornews11 ай бұрын
Sharp hat, Mazz. Never heard of Calexico. Thanks, I'll check them out.
@mondoenterprises671011 ай бұрын
I will wait to get my Stratoliner hat until you get a link/sponsorship. :) I got to briefly meet/encounter Howard Hughes when I was 10. The hat reminds me of him.
@jayzeeshawn11 ай бұрын
Thanks for this Mazzy, I hadn't heard of Calexico before. Excellent album. You may have just cost me a bunch of money...
@julianwarr724611 ай бұрын
hi, love this band and John Convertino has been my favorite drummer since I first saw him in the '90's. Quick correction, John and Joey were in Howe Gelb's "Giant Sand" (not big sand) before going out on their own with Calexico. They also contributed heavily to some great albums by Richard Buckner and Neko Case. Really appreciate you championing them!
@sjalbrec111 ай бұрын
One of the nice things about these VC videos is the reminders to revisit the music in our collections. I bought the CD of Feast of Wire based on the strong reviews from Mojo, Uncut and others and loved it. I’ll stick with the great sounding CD for now although I did recently pick up a discounted 180gm version of Lambchop’s Nixon through Newbury Comics. Another great album. Thanks Mazzy
@casablanca274511 ай бұрын
Thanks for the suggestion, Mazzy. I have several Calexico albums, but not this one, so I'll check it out. Excellent band. Hope you have the limited edition "Spirotoso" album they did with a German orchestra about 10 years back. Some excellent stuff on that one (with some excellent alternative arrangements).
@unclegregs.567311 ай бұрын
Excellent review Mazzy 🎉 Peace & Love.
@fairhurst88911 ай бұрын
Totally agree. Calexico hit the sweet spot of genre mixes for me. Thanks for the review of the new 20th ann. release, I'm definitely ordering it.
@bullobca11 ай бұрын
Its such a great album. Probably my favorite. I do enjoy both records they did with Iron & Wine. Seen their horn section sit in with several artists. They are stunning!!
@hubtunes960711 ай бұрын
I'd forgotten that I had the Barbican DVD, thanks!
@markspooner122411 ай бұрын
Cheers Mazzy....ordered...blind!...the funnest way to buy!! :)
@johnpyle102211 ай бұрын
Great album… what is odd is that I would normally think… oh god 20 years… it only seems like a couple of years… but in this instance, I actually couldn’t believe it was only 20 years ago! Btw… I like the way you wondered if ‘historical history’ was redundant… tbh, I’d start with ‘I’m not wearing a hat, right now’😂 Cheers, Mazzy… I’m enjoying an omnibus catch up of your videos from the past couple of weeks.
@splintered604011 ай бұрын
I purchased this excellent, genre-bending album back in 2003 after reading a positive review in No Depression magazine. It’s literally impossible to grow tired of listening to this record. Thanks for paying tribute to an American masterpiece.
@rmoriart765511 ай бұрын
I love Calexico. Saw them in here in Norway back in 2007. Been following them since their debut, «Spoke».
@OMW6611 ай бұрын
Hate to say I’ve never heard Calexico. Thanks for the recommendation Mazz, I’ll have to check them out.
@wgb11311 ай бұрын
just noticed that the UK live at the Barbican can also be streamed in full on youtube. Calexico is totally new to me. Looks I will enjoy this musical trip & discovery.
@daniellenaerts575011 ай бұрын
Will get this album. I have a few of theirs and also saw them live last year. It’s a great sounding, tight band as you say. I don’t think their songwriting is as strong as Howe Gelb’s though, but I can see why more people are attracted to them.
@andysmusicden11 ай бұрын
This regal dome proves you don't need a hat, though the hats are nice. And Calexico is awesome, too.
@OuterGalaxyLounge11 ай бұрын
Wonderful hat!
@andysmusicden11 ай бұрын
Maz have you listened to Calexico playing along with a German orchestra it’s great. Keep making these great videos
@montywiggle2 ай бұрын
Love Calexico. One of my all-time faves of any genre. FoW isn't even my fave release of theirs, funnily. Check out 'TOOL BOX' if you haven't heard it. Beautiful all-instrumental release that was part of their Road Atlas box set. But they also did a tour-only stand-alone LP release of it. Also, check some sleeper releases from them like 'Aerocalexico' and 'Travelall'. Superb musicianship.
@NotedArchived11 ай бұрын
I'm unfamiliar with that one! I saw Calexico last fall at the beautiful John Anson Ford amphitheatre in L.A. The Calexico Ancienne Belgique concert is on YT and is quite good.
@patbarr135111 ай бұрын
Love the hat.
@twofromthetrunk993211 ай бұрын
Another great suggestion - just picked it up
@jeffreysobczynski711311 ай бұрын
Also cool hat
@jeffreysobczynski711311 ай бұрын
Tremendous record 👏
@seamuscolgan765411 ай бұрын
I love Calexico and agree that “Feast of Wire” and “World Drifts In” are exceptional and essential for anyone interested in original American music.
@criscrisler86047 ай бұрын
hey mazzy..calexico is an interesting pick...sounds like i would dig them..my vote would be leonard cohen's thanks for the dance...but that's just me..stay strong..peace my friend..rocky
@rocky-o11 ай бұрын
I really dig Calexico, and that is a solid album. I'd maybe go with Neko Case's "Blacklisted", The White Stripes' "Elephant" or Spoon's "They Want My Soul", but, as you said, it is all subjective.
@aronpolasek450611 ай бұрын
You may know this already, but John and Joey of Calexico played on Neko Case's "Blacklisted"!
@sjalbrec111 ай бұрын
@@sjalbrec1 Oh yeah. They've collaborated a lot over the years.
@aronpolasek450611 ай бұрын
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, The (The Revalator)
@amosperrine190911 ай бұрын
I have several of those great Stetson Strats, Mazzy. However, I bought mine with an open crown so I could shape them myself 😎
@jeshurunabinadab656011 ай бұрын
Cool 🤠
@mazzysmusic11 ай бұрын
That's a bold statement, but I have to say that I really like this record. You do look good in hats! I can't pull off any hat look beyond a toque and a baseball cap.
@EmbryonicRobot11 ай бұрын
Two things of adjacent connection. The hat reminds me of the Cowboy in Mulholland Drive. I’m no prof d’ chapeau, comment’s appreciated. Re Calexico, they did ‘Going to Acapulco’ by Dylan for Todd Haynes ‘I’m Not Here’ and it absolutely breaks me every time I here it. Will totes check that album out.
@AdrianNicholls11 ай бұрын
Harry Truman's Hat .
@victorbloom828611 ай бұрын
Damn. Now I wish I would have seen them with you. Time to reevaluate.
@lostmixtapes11 ай бұрын
You should borrow that live London DVD 🎸🥁🕺
@mazzysmusic11 ай бұрын
With special guest producer David Lynch
@crapmalls11 ай бұрын
Based on the first couple minutes I figure it has to be 2003's No Hats Beyond This Point by Men Without Hats...
@myquealer11 ай бұрын
Nice choice. Mine would have been Southeastern by Jason Isbell or Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco.
@ffyddgobaithcariad992311 ай бұрын
Yankee might be third right after Becks Sea Change for me.
@mazzysmusic11 ай бұрын
I, too, thought you were going to say YFH- Tweedy wears/wore same hat.
@fantasticmr.fox779 ай бұрын
What's the name of that hat's style again? I know I'm just being lazy.
@vinylwood11 ай бұрын
Stetson Stratoliner
@mazzysmusic11 ай бұрын
I was getting ready to mock you for your pathetic choice...But you spoiled my haughty rebuke. Well, I ain't going to argue with Feast of Wire. It's not my favourite Calexico album, that's The Black Light from 1998, but it's certainly up there. I did a Calexico video years ago. Perhaps it's time to do a ranking video? I've not done one of those before. I've got that DVD of the Barbican concert too. You're right, it's pretty great. I haven't picked up the anniversary edition of Feast of Wire, I've already got the original issue, but I might try to get it later in the year when I'm less fiscally challenged. Hed
@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin589311 ай бұрын
Brilliant record, but jeebuz it's not the best. How can you choose the best? I saw them on this tour in Australia & that's what turned me onto them, but again how can you say it's the best US album? There are so many incredible records released in the last 20 years just in America! It's like choosing the greatest album of all time. I personally can't do it, so good on you for having a crack. British hey....Thom York's voice always sounds like he's crying to me, but musically Radiohead are great. I have to be in the right mood to listen to them. What about an Australian record Mazz-dawg? It's like we don't exist in the northern hemisphere. Ghosteen kicks the arse of both records you mentioned...so does Push The Sky & Skeleton Tree by the way. Just one man's opinion. Cheers...Ben
@benrankins444611 ай бұрын
Glad you opened up by saying this video is subjective. I usually love every one of your suggestions. This one doesn't cut it for me. Not sure why yet. Maybe because claim "of the century" was made. Surprised you didn't pick Orville Peck which imo if far superior if that claim is to made. Sorry to bum you out this one's a dud.
@tp_nh400411 ай бұрын
I shouldn’t even have to say these are subjective as I’ve never been a spokesman for a generation. Or anyone else for that matter. 🤓😎🤠
@mazzysmusic11 ай бұрын
You should know that in our household my wife (who has never watched one of your videos) always refers to you when she sees your mug appear on the KZhead feed as "hat man." BTW she also refers to the music magazines I purchase as my "music porn."
@sprachnroll11 ай бұрын
I would vote for Evanescence - Fallen
@albundy66611 ай бұрын
The Strokes Is This It
@grock926311 ай бұрын
2003 Peter Gabriel UP Several Wilco albums
@audiotomb11 ай бұрын
Peter Gabriel is about as un-American as it gets. That said, Calexico isn't even close to being in the best American albums of this century.
@asufluffhead11 ай бұрын
Calexico are awesome!!!!!
@TheProgCorner11 ай бұрын
Good album Mazzy but IMO...Tom Waits Bad As Me is the best album of the century...✌️
@mathewpety715611 ай бұрын
So good to see Calexico getting some well deserved love. But I'm not sure that "Feast of Wire" is Calexico's best album! IMO that would be "Algiers" or "Carried To Dust"
@jaz1doc11 ай бұрын
Erm... interesting choice Sir, for me it's impossible to choose 1 album, but there two which are fairly recent releases, one 2019 and the other 2020, so in no particular order Dylan released a mammoth single in 2019, it came out of nowhere and blew the music industry upside down, then in 2020 as Covid hit he released his 39th Album RARW's, one pondered if the Man himself had predicted the coming of the Virus and offered up these absolutely fantastic gems for us to dive into, RARW's is a masterpiece, I wish people would take time and engage in Dylan's work, he is unique Next us is a 2019 release from an artist whom I was drawn to because of the savage attacks from critics, there were two things here, the absolute misogyny and unjustified hate levelled at this artist appalled me, but the truth is Lana del Ray showed her credentials on her first Album, critics had to backtrack eventually, but they showed misogyny is alive and as toxic as ever, Norman Fucken Rockwell is a humdinger, it is certainly a masterpiece, its vision and scope sublime, thanks as always Sir, love that hate btw
@anthonynewsome11 ай бұрын
I assume you the the hat and not the hate? 🥺😘. I agree both the Lana and Dylan albums are fantastic. Two major works ✌🏼
@mazzysmusic11 ай бұрын
Sorry yes 'hat' prediction text gets me into trouble, happy Pride Month and have a great weekend
@anthonynewsome11 ай бұрын
Word to the wise; don't ever get involved in late-night crap games with Billy: According to an acquaintance of mine he'll swear you threw eight instead of seven and, even though he has three little children and a very sickly wife don't have any sympathy for him because he'll still take all your money, your Calexico albums and your brand new Stetson hat.....
@russputin629411 ай бұрын
I dont know, but i hear some Los Lobos influence on this album which is not a bad thing.
@SDsailor711 ай бұрын
Good album (but the best !!! no, for me: Los Lobos, the Ride), anyhow check out Dean Owens - Sinner's Shrine (with Calexico)
@andrelooijestijn630111 ай бұрын
Calexico Feast of Wire is among my favorite albums of that year for sure. I enjoyed the album so much that when it came time to score some of the western video game we were working on at the time, Dead Man's Hand, I suggested some tracks from the album and the EP and the band was on board. Thank you for highlighting a new classic.
@musicinthehouse11 ай бұрын
Little hyperbole maybe
@awrogers301311 ай бұрын
Mazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......Huh!!!! Best album of the CENTURY???? I usually agree with you but.......Sorry that is a big statement and.........This album does NOT live up to that!!!! In fact that is almost a impossible statement to answer......
@newspapertaxis111 ай бұрын
Good stuff but best? I can think of several other better choices 🤓
@revelry196911 ай бұрын
Mazzy I would have thought you would have been Sea Change (Beck), Come Away With Me (Norah Jones) YHF (Wilco) or others like Elephant(White Stripes), Stadium Arcadium (chili peppers), Audioslave…list goes on and on. Lateralus by TOOL. It’s a tough thing to pick. Eye of beholder. If Calexico it is. What is the best “sounding” recording of this century (not necessarily best music). Maybe Norah Jones? What else?
@revelry196911 ай бұрын
The hat is fantastic....the album, not so much.
@pauljohnson592511 ай бұрын
A historic history????? 🤣😂🤣😂
@ergloo666011 ай бұрын
Yeah. At least I caught that one 🤓
@mazzysmusic11 ай бұрын
What an interesting topic. If pressed I would have to say that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot from Wilco is my favorite and yes, Kid A is the best British album.
@willfitzpatrick110711 ай бұрын
Not even close.
@asufluffhead11 ай бұрын
No, the songs called Not Even Stevie Nicks.
@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin589311 ай бұрын
That Calexico is pretty good. But best? Not sure about that
@revelry196911 ай бұрын
@@revelry1969 Even if we are only talking rock albums, it's not even in the top 25.
@asufluffhead11 ай бұрын
@Levin88 What is your pick?
@FleagleSangria11 ай бұрын
based Michael Nau profile pic
@Man_of_Oil11 ай бұрын
Mazzy, that hat is terrible. What you need is a traditional Yorkshire flat cap, get one bought immediately.
@rongreen153811 ай бұрын
Better than Time Out Of Mind or Modern Times?
@jeffreytodder470611 ай бұрын
Isn't that last century?
@fantasticmr.fox779 ай бұрын
I love Calexico’s stuff with Iron & Wine as well. Radiohead definitely best British of the century.
@terrykeenan430811 ай бұрын
Calexico is a cool band and a good choice. Prolific band also. Probably the lone wolf a bit on this but my pick is still Father John Misty's "I Love You, Honeybear" Why? Because I think its the before Blood On The Tracks of this century. Before the breakdown and breakup. Very personal album of Josh Tillmans that basically explores relationships in a 21st century way with lyrics such as... "I wanna take you in the kitchen Lift up your wedding dress, someone was probably murdered in" ...from Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins) The album plays the trick of harkening back to aristocracy, yet brings in elements of privileges and mindset of the american male of this century. Josh is able to humorously depict the trials of finding the "one" and at the same time out his own BS. Mixing in dreamy arrangements that are both epic and feel heartbroken all at once. Mordant and plaintive at the same time. The album imo expresses the floatiness of love at the same time one is being pulled down, perfectly. How frustrating it is to court someone through text messages. The be easy on me Im new at this awkwardness of the honeymoon. All about relationships that somehow encapsulates the feel of the times we live in. The album takes us on a journey through the singer meeting his wife in a store until their deaths and in between is the humor of what happens in a relationship such all the aggressive women he met along with understanding his idealistic existence. In one song, "Nothing Good Ever Happens at the Goddamn Thirsty Crow" the subject matter splits to one part up and downs of dating to a situation in which his wife is harrassed by some men. Check the album out if one can relate to the material. The next would be Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Wilco is probably all in all my favorite band of the early 00's. And this is their masterpiece of styles and uniqueness. Kid A is a very good contender, I agree. My dad wore that type hat you are showing. Alot of men from that era wore them along with Dickie pants and buttondown shirts. Howard Hughes had alot to do with oilfield men wearing those Strat'liners. As you mention, they were modeled off the look of a plane. Airliners were a thing then as they were brand new to the public. Alot of styles were modeled after aviation, right? Right. Almost every old pic with my dad in it has him in that hat, along with the men he worked with wearing one also. Same color as the one you have now Mr Mazzy. They weren't really even considered fancy, they just were the fashion of the day for working men. Like basball caps are today. Only with class. I have a Resistol Kingsman and black Stetson Corral. The first straw (it gets hot here in the summer :)) and the second felt. I call the black one Jack, named after the bad guy Jack Palance. I won the straw one, rather expensive hat, in a singing contest. I came in second:(. Only in Texas do they give a person a cowboy hat for a prize in a singing contest. I dont wear them as much anymore. Cowboy hats use to be much more common here. Not so much now. Caps are the hats of our times, unfortunately. Thanks for the video!
@FleagleSangria11 ай бұрын
Beautifully written John. About the album and your fathers hats. Appreciate you taking the time writing this and of course I just ordered that album 🤠✌🏼
@mazzysmusic11 ай бұрын
@@mazzysmusic Cool Mazzy, I hope you like the album! Another if you havent heard is Weyes Blood- "Titanic Rising". Wow, what a great album on modern life and coping without being crushed underneath it. A real precursor forshadowing to what would be the year of 2020. Think Eno produces Joni Mitchell type vibe. Five star album in every sense. Came out 4 years back. Reminds me a bit of Angel Olsen, Lana Del Ray and a pinch of Neko Case. See ya!
@FleagleSangria11 ай бұрын
RADIOHEAD In Rainbows
@arcray1211 ай бұрын
Yeah that’s my favorite UK album of this century ✌🏼
@mazzysmusic11 ай бұрын
@@mazzysmusic I thought you showed Kid A not In Rainbows.
@asufluffhead11 ай бұрын
@@asufluffhead yes sorry.
@mazzysmusic11 ай бұрын
Radiohead's album the best "British album of the XX century?" Are you seriously this narrow in your music knowledge???
I have enjoyed Calexico live several times in Berlin. In Munich I met the producer of their very first album Spoke. It was interesting to hear from him about the beginning of the band. I have got most of their albums on CD (except Spoke which I have got on vinyl), and I think that Feast Of Wire is also my favourite one. I have also got the DVD World Drifts In, which I find very enjoyable. My former neighbor was the long-time concert agent for Calexico. It's a small world after all.
Mazzy, all I can say is thank you! Had never heard of Calexico or the Eels until this week. Your channel is helping me find more music and worry less about the equipment!
Thank you, Mazzy! The past 2 days I have been streaming "Feast Of Wire" and was drawn in from the get-go! Compelling, eclectic, beautiful music. Love it!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Wow, quite an honor to bestow on Calexico. A band I believe has now faded from the regular press cycle and attention of the online media. Though they've always put out quality. I definitely loved this album back then, and still have the CD, but I have to confess haven't heard it in some time. Always interesting that they were lumped in with indie rock bands but were certainly a different beast. Much like Tortoise was as well. Cheers Mazzy
I thought for sure you were going to say ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’
I love this album, I bought it when it came out and been waiting to get this reissue. I saw them in Phoenix years ago, very enjoyable music. Nice hat!
Nice lid kid. 😎 Fun Vid Mazz. Thanks for your great content.
If I could sport a Stetson as well as you or Tim Olyphant do, I would be wearing it 24/7. I am a huge Giant Sand fan, especially the early stuff when Calexico were Howe’s band, so will be tracking down their stuff. Thanks for showing this record, Mazzy.
Well defended. Nice work boss. Keep them coming.
Great hat, great record. Thanks Mazzy.
Sharp hat, Mazz. Never heard of Calexico. Thanks, I'll check them out.
I will wait to get my Stratoliner hat until you get a link/sponsorship. :) I got to briefly meet/encounter Howard Hughes when I was 10. The hat reminds me of him.
Thanks for this Mazzy, I hadn't heard of Calexico before. Excellent album. You may have just cost me a bunch of money...
hi, love this band and John Convertino has been my favorite drummer since I first saw him in the '90's. Quick correction, John and Joey were in Howe Gelb's "Giant Sand" (not big sand) before going out on their own with Calexico. They also contributed heavily to some great albums by Richard Buckner and Neko Case. Really appreciate you championing them!
One of the nice things about these VC videos is the reminders to revisit the music in our collections. I bought the CD of Feast of Wire based on the strong reviews from Mojo, Uncut and others and loved it. I’ll stick with the great sounding CD for now although I did recently pick up a discounted 180gm version of Lambchop’s Nixon through Newbury Comics. Another great album. Thanks Mazzy
Thanks for the suggestion, Mazzy. I have several Calexico albums, but not this one, so I'll check it out. Excellent band. Hope you have the limited edition "Spirotoso" album they did with a German orchestra about 10 years back. Some excellent stuff on that one (with some excellent alternative arrangements).
Excellent review Mazzy 🎉 Peace & Love.
Totally agree. Calexico hit the sweet spot of genre mixes for me. Thanks for the review of the new 20th ann. release, I'm definitely ordering it.
Its such a great album. Probably my favorite. I do enjoy both records they did with Iron & Wine. Seen their horn section sit in with several artists. They are stunning!!
I'd forgotten that I had the Barbican DVD, thanks!
Cheers Mazzy....ordered...blind!...the funnest way to buy!! :)
Great album… what is odd is that I would normally think… oh god 20 years… it only seems like a couple of years… but in this instance, I actually couldn’t believe it was only 20 years ago! Btw… I like the way you wondered if ‘historical history’ was redundant… tbh, I’d start with ‘I’m not wearing a hat, right now’😂 Cheers, Mazzy… I’m enjoying an omnibus catch up of your videos from the past couple of weeks.
I purchased this excellent, genre-bending album back in 2003 after reading a positive review in No Depression magazine. It’s literally impossible to grow tired of listening to this record. Thanks for paying tribute to an American masterpiece.
I love Calexico. Saw them in here in Norway back in 2007. Been following them since their debut, «Spoke».
Hate to say I’ve never heard Calexico. Thanks for the recommendation Mazz, I’ll have to check them out.
just noticed that the UK live at the Barbican can also be streamed in full on youtube. Calexico is totally new to me. Looks I will enjoy this musical trip & discovery.
Will get this album. I have a few of theirs and also saw them live last year. It’s a great sounding, tight band as you say. I don’t think their songwriting is as strong as Howe Gelb’s though, but I can see why more people are attracted to them.
This regal dome proves you don't need a hat, though the hats are nice. And Calexico is awesome, too.
Wonderful hat!
Maz have you listened to Calexico playing along with a German orchestra it’s great. Keep making these great videos
Love Calexico. One of my all-time faves of any genre. FoW isn't even my fave release of theirs, funnily. Check out 'TOOL BOX' if you haven't heard it. Beautiful all-instrumental release that was part of their Road Atlas box set. But they also did a tour-only stand-alone LP release of it. Also, check some sleeper releases from them like 'Aerocalexico' and 'Travelall'. Superb musicianship.
I'm unfamiliar with that one! I saw Calexico last fall at the beautiful John Anson Ford amphitheatre in L.A. The Calexico Ancienne Belgique concert is on YT and is quite good.
Love the hat.
Another great suggestion - just picked it up
Also cool hat
Tremendous record 👏
I love Calexico and agree that “Feast of Wire” and “World Drifts In” are exceptional and essential for anyone interested in original American music.
hey mazzy..calexico is an interesting pick...sounds like i would dig them..my vote would be leonard cohen's thanks for the dance...but that's just me..stay strong..peace my friend..rocky
I really dig Calexico, and that is a solid album. I'd maybe go with Neko Case's "Blacklisted", The White Stripes' "Elephant" or Spoon's "They Want My Soul", but, as you said, it is all subjective.
You may know this already, but John and Joey of Calexico played on Neko Case's "Blacklisted"!
@@sjalbrec1 Oh yeah. They've collaborated a lot over the years.
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, The (The Revalator)
I have several of those great Stetson Strats, Mazzy. However, I bought mine with an open crown so I could shape them myself 😎
Cool 🤠
That's a bold statement, but I have to say that I really like this record. You do look good in hats! I can't pull off any hat look beyond a toque and a baseball cap.
Two things of adjacent connection. The hat reminds me of the Cowboy in Mulholland Drive. I’m no prof d’ chapeau, comment’s appreciated. Re Calexico, they did ‘Going to Acapulco’ by Dylan for Todd Haynes ‘I’m Not Here’ and it absolutely breaks me every time I here it. Will totes check that album out.
Harry Truman's Hat .
Damn. Now I wish I would have seen them with you. Time to reevaluate.
You should borrow that live London DVD 🎸🥁🕺
With special guest producer David Lynch
Based on the first couple minutes I figure it has to be 2003's No Hats Beyond This Point by Men Without Hats...
Nice choice. Mine would have been Southeastern by Jason Isbell or Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco.
Yankee might be third right after Becks Sea Change for me.
I, too, thought you were going to say YFH- Tweedy wears/wore same hat.
What's the name of that hat's style again? I know I'm just being lazy.
Stetson Stratoliner
I was getting ready to mock you for your pathetic choice...But you spoiled my haughty rebuke. Well, I ain't going to argue with Feast of Wire. It's not my favourite Calexico album, that's The Black Light from 1998, but it's certainly up there. I did a Calexico video years ago. Perhaps it's time to do a ranking video? I've not done one of those before. I've got that DVD of the Barbican concert too. You're right, it's pretty great. I haven't picked up the anniversary edition of Feast of Wire, I've already got the original issue, but I might try to get it later in the year when I'm less fiscally challenged. Hed
Brilliant record, but jeebuz it's not the best. How can you choose the best? I saw them on this tour in Australia & that's what turned me onto them, but again how can you say it's the best US album? There are so many incredible records released in the last 20 years just in America! It's like choosing the greatest album of all time. I personally can't do it, so good on you for having a crack. British hey....Thom York's voice always sounds like he's crying to me, but musically Radiohead are great. I have to be in the right mood to listen to them. What about an Australian record Mazz-dawg? It's like we don't exist in the northern hemisphere. Ghosteen kicks the arse of both records you mentioned...so does Push The Sky & Skeleton Tree by the way. Just one man's opinion. Cheers...Ben
Glad you opened up by saying this video is subjective. I usually love every one of your suggestions. This one doesn't cut it for me. Not sure why yet. Maybe because claim "of the century" was made. Surprised you didn't pick Orville Peck which imo if far superior if that claim is to made. Sorry to bum you out this one's a dud.
I shouldn’t even have to say these are subjective as I’ve never been a spokesman for a generation. Or anyone else for that matter. 🤓😎🤠
You should know that in our household my wife (who has never watched one of your videos) always refers to you when she sees your mug appear on the KZhead feed as "hat man." BTW she also refers to the music magazines I purchase as my "music porn."
I would vote for Evanescence - Fallen
The Strokes Is This It
2003 Peter Gabriel UP Several Wilco albums
Peter Gabriel is about as un-American as it gets. That said, Calexico isn't even close to being in the best American albums of this century.
Calexico are awesome!!!!!
Good album Mazzy but IMO...Tom Waits Bad As Me is the best album of the century...✌️
So good to see Calexico getting some well deserved love. But I'm not sure that "Feast of Wire" is Calexico's best album! IMO that would be "Algiers" or "Carried To Dust"
Erm... interesting choice Sir, for me it's impossible to choose 1 album, but there two which are fairly recent releases, one 2019 and the other 2020, so in no particular order Dylan released a mammoth single in 2019, it came out of nowhere and blew the music industry upside down, then in 2020 as Covid hit he released his 39th Album RARW's, one pondered if the Man himself had predicted the coming of the Virus and offered up these absolutely fantastic gems for us to dive into, RARW's is a masterpiece, I wish people would take time and engage in Dylan's work, he is unique Next us is a 2019 release from an artist whom I was drawn to because of the savage attacks from critics, there were two things here, the absolute misogyny and unjustified hate levelled at this artist appalled me, but the truth is Lana del Ray showed her credentials on her first Album, critics had to backtrack eventually, but they showed misogyny is alive and as toxic as ever, Norman Fucken Rockwell is a humdinger, it is certainly a masterpiece, its vision and scope sublime, thanks as always Sir, love that hate btw
I assume you the the hat and not the hate? 🥺😘. I agree both the Lana and Dylan albums are fantastic. Two major works ✌🏼
Sorry yes 'hat' prediction text gets me into trouble, happy Pride Month and have a great weekend
Word to the wise; don't ever get involved in late-night crap games with Billy: According to an acquaintance of mine he'll swear you threw eight instead of seven and, even though he has three little children and a very sickly wife don't have any sympathy for him because he'll still take all your money, your Calexico albums and your brand new Stetson hat.....
I dont know, but i hear some Los Lobos influence on this album which is not a bad thing.
Good album (but the best !!! no, for me: Los Lobos, the Ride), anyhow check out Dean Owens - Sinner's Shrine (with Calexico)
Calexico Feast of Wire is among my favorite albums of that year for sure. I enjoyed the album so much that when it came time to score some of the western video game we were working on at the time, Dead Man's Hand, I suggested some tracks from the album and the EP and the band was on board. Thank you for highlighting a new classic.
Little hyperbole maybe
Mazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......Huh!!!! Best album of the CENTURY???? I usually agree with you but.......Sorry that is a big statement and.........This album does NOT live up to that!!!! In fact that is almost a impossible statement to answer......
Good stuff but best? I can think of several other better choices 🤓
Mazzy I would have thought you would have been Sea Change (Beck), Come Away With Me (Norah Jones) YHF (Wilco) or others like Elephant(White Stripes), Stadium Arcadium (chili peppers), Audioslave…list goes on and on. Lateralus by TOOL. It’s a tough thing to pick. Eye of beholder. If Calexico it is. What is the best “sounding” recording of this century (not necessarily best music). Maybe Norah Jones? What else?
The hat is fantastic....the album, not so much.
A historic history????? 🤣😂🤣😂
Yeah. At least I caught that one 🤓
What an interesting topic. If pressed I would have to say that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot from Wilco is my favorite and yes, Kid A is the best British album.
Not even close.
No, the songs called Not Even Stevie Nicks.
That Calexico is pretty good. But best? Not sure about that
@@revelry1969 Even if we are only talking rock albums, it's not even in the top 25.
@Levin88 What is your pick?
based Michael Nau profile pic
Mazzy, that hat is terrible. What you need is a traditional Yorkshire flat cap, get one bought immediately.
Better than Time Out Of Mind or Modern Times?
Isn't that last century?
I love Calexico’s stuff with Iron & Wine as well. Radiohead definitely best British of the century.
Calexico is a cool band and a good choice. Prolific band also. Probably the lone wolf a bit on this but my pick is still Father John Misty's "I Love You, Honeybear" Why? Because I think its the before Blood On The Tracks of this century. Before the breakdown and breakup. Very personal album of Josh Tillmans that basically explores relationships in a 21st century way with lyrics such as... "I wanna take you in the kitchen Lift up your wedding dress, someone was probably murdered in" ...from Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins) The album plays the trick of harkening back to aristocracy, yet brings in elements of privileges and mindset of the american male of this century. Josh is able to humorously depict the trials of finding the "one" and at the same time out his own BS. Mixing in dreamy arrangements that are both epic and feel heartbroken all at once. Mordant and plaintive at the same time. The album imo expresses the floatiness of love at the same time one is being pulled down, perfectly. How frustrating it is to court someone through text messages. The be easy on me Im new at this awkwardness of the honeymoon. All about relationships that somehow encapsulates the feel of the times we live in. The album takes us on a journey through the singer meeting his wife in a store until their deaths and in between is the humor of what happens in a relationship such all the aggressive women he met along with understanding his idealistic existence. In one song, "Nothing Good Ever Happens at the Goddamn Thirsty Crow" the subject matter splits to one part up and downs of dating to a situation in which his wife is harrassed by some men. Check the album out if one can relate to the material. The next would be Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Wilco is probably all in all my favorite band of the early 00's. And this is their masterpiece of styles and uniqueness. Kid A is a very good contender, I agree. My dad wore that type hat you are showing. Alot of men from that era wore them along with Dickie pants and buttondown shirts. Howard Hughes had alot to do with oilfield men wearing those Strat'liners. As you mention, they were modeled off the look of a plane. Airliners were a thing then as they were brand new to the public. Alot of styles were modeled after aviation, right? Right. Almost every old pic with my dad in it has him in that hat, along with the men he worked with wearing one also. Same color as the one you have now Mr Mazzy. They weren't really even considered fancy, they just were the fashion of the day for working men. Like basball caps are today. Only with class. I have a Resistol Kingsman and black Stetson Corral. The first straw (it gets hot here in the summer :)) and the second felt. I call the black one Jack, named after the bad guy Jack Palance. I won the straw one, rather expensive hat, in a singing contest. I came in second:(. Only in Texas do they give a person a cowboy hat for a prize in a singing contest. I dont wear them as much anymore. Cowboy hats use to be much more common here. Not so much now. Caps are the hats of our times, unfortunately. Thanks for the video!
Beautifully written John. About the album and your fathers hats. Appreciate you taking the time writing this and of course I just ordered that album 🤠✌🏼
@@mazzysmusic Cool Mazzy, I hope you like the album! Another if you havent heard is Weyes Blood- "Titanic Rising". Wow, what a great album on modern life and coping without being crushed underneath it. A real precursor forshadowing to what would be the year of 2020. Think Eno produces Joni Mitchell type vibe. Five star album in every sense. Came out 4 years back. Reminds me a bit of Angel Olsen, Lana Del Ray and a pinch of Neko Case. See ya!
RADIOHEAD In Rainbows
Yeah that’s my favorite UK album of this century ✌🏼
@@mazzysmusic I thought you showed Kid A not In Rainbows.
@@asufluffhead yes sorry.
Radiohead's album the best "British album of the XX century?" Are you seriously this narrow in your music knowledge???