20 Best Albums of the Past Ten Years

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I listened to them once (more famliar with Giant Sand, who I don't like), but this description cites a number of non-Americana influences: Morricone, Portuguese fado (whatever that is?) and Afro-Peruvian music.
 
 My guess is Calexico is more of a hipster hybrid sort of band than an Americana band.
 
 
 Calexico, a Tucson collective of musicians focused around Joey Burns and John Convertino, forged an eclectic identity through their exploration of Southwestern culture. Composer Ennio Morricone's spaghetti Westerns as well as Portuguese fado; Afro-Peruvian music; and '50s and '60s jazz, country, and surf music all factored into Calexico's music.
 
 

Originally posted by Bubba:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  This list is ridiculous. Not a single Americana/alt-country album (Summerteeth hardly qualifies)? Give me a break.

the original list?
 
 If so, what is Calexico then? [/b]

[jsnow2]

Second Half...
 1. And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
 2. Black Keys - Thickfreakness
 3. Dinosaur Jr. - Hand It Over
 4. Murder City Devils - In Name and Blood
 5. At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command
 6. Nirvana - In Utero
 7. Cash - American Recordings
 8. Mudhoney - Tomorrow Hit Today
 9. Marilyn Manson - Holy Wood
 10. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile

[ggw]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  This list is ridiculous. Not a single Americana/alt-country album.

54. Whiskeytown, Strangers Almanac
 28. Steve Earle, Transcendental Blues
 26. Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Dirt Road
 13. Calexico, The Black Light
 11. Wilco, Summerteeth

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I would have to put Old 97's Too Far to Care on the list, and replace Summerteeth with Being There.
 
    Also, it seems silly not to have Uncle Tupelo's Anodyne on the list, given that most rock critics have hailed them as legends.

[mankie]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I would have to put Old 97's Too Far to Care on the list,  

That's exactly why they didn't ask for your opinion when they compiled the list.