Sunday, July 18th, 2010

"Ocean Of Noise"

Calexico cover Arcade Fire

Image via iTunesiTunesThere aren’t many better out there than Calexico at crafting covers that do the originals justice while becoming wholly their own – after all, not many others out there have their secret recipe of southwestern (musical) herbs and spices to work with. They don’t just save them for the live setting, either – more than a few of their reinterpretations have been recorded and officially released.

This includes their take on Arcade Fire’s “Ocean Of Noise”, a song they have some extra familiarity with having contributed the horns on the Neon Bible original. They later recorded a version of the whole song and it clearly met with the writers’ seal of approval – Arcade Fire released it as the b-side to their 2007 “Intervention” single.

Calexico are in town for a show at the Phoenix on July 22, and are about due for a new record though no formal announcement about a release has been made. Arcade Fire will release their long-awaited third full-length The Suburbs on August 3 and follow that up with a show on the Toronto Islands on August 14.

MP3: Calexico – “Ocean Of Noise”
Video: Arcade Fire – “Ocean Of Noise” (live)

By : Frank Yang at 10:36 am
Category: Chromewaves Radio

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  1. 7/18/10 12:38 pm

     Grant says:

    Calexico are also playing the main stage at the Hillside Festival in Guelph on Friday July 23.

  2. 7/19/10 9:27 am

     Jesse says:

    Sweet! Calexico also has a Live in Nuremburg album up on their site: http://calexico.cashmusic.org/

  3. 7/19/10 1:15 pm

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