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Title: More quasi-Mexican hoo-ha.
Review: Another yawn-fest of boring pseudo-folk songs from this overrated Tucson band. White people professing their Hispanic influences is about as valid as Vanilla Ice pretending to be down with the 'hood, and using a Mariachi band as back-up musicians is just as offensive as John Courgar Mellencamp utilizing gospel singers to make it seem like he's a funk soul brother. Sorry, Calexico, but you're Gringos and you always will be--no amount of lyrics about migrant workers eating tortillas is ever going to change that. On top of this, the music is so laid-back, so devoid of energy, it's positively coma-inducing. It makes Giant Sand sound like Metallica. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
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