What Are You Listening To?

[Tiggi]

Second album from 1998 from this band.

Named for a Californian town near the Mexican border, the two chief protagonists here were Joey Burns, & John Convertino (who previously played with Howe Gelb in Giant Sand).

This isn't really Alt-Country, but it's close. They play music that sounds to me like it belongs to the US/Mexico border, incorporating Marimba, Accordian, and some Mariachi Brass, with plenty of reverby guitars, and the occasional use of Lap Steel.

Great music.


AllMusic 4+/5 stars.