One advantage of flying under the radar of the mainstream, is that a good band can continue to produce quality work for years without being forced to meet the expectations of the masses, and perhaps accelerate toward premature burn-out. Okay, that's just a theory. But Calexico, the long-running indie band from Tucson, Arizona seem to bear it out. They've been around for over twenty years, and have just released one of the best albums of their career, The Thread That Keeps Us. The record showcases Calexico's expert blend of Tex-Mex Americana and desert indie rock, all in the service of strong songwriting.
Here are the Top 30 new releases played on Studio One Tracks for the week ending Feb. 25, 2018:
1 Ty Segall- Freedom's Goblin
2 Franz Ferdinand- Always Ascending
3 Django Django- Marble Skies
4 MGMT- Little Dark Age
5 Calexico- The Thread That Keeps Us
6 Tune-Yards- I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life
7 Belle And Sebastian- How To Solve Our Human Problems
8 S. Carey- Hundred Acres
9 Porches- The House
10 Hookworms- Microshift
11 Field Music- Open Here
12 Ride- Tomorrow's Shore
13 Femi Kuti- One People One World
14 Anna Burch- Quit The Curse
15 Car Seat Headrest- Twin Fantasy
16 U.S. Girls- In A Poem Unlimited
17 Joan As Police Woman- Damned Devotion
18 Robert Finley- Goin' Platinum!
19 They Might Be Giants- I Like Fun
20 De Lux- More Disco Songs About Love
21 Palm- Rock Island
22 Superchunk- What A Time To Be Alive
23 Jeff Rosenstock- Post-
24 The Go! Team- Semicircle
25 Kyle Craft- Full Circle Nightmare
26 Mavis Staples- If All I Was Was Black
27 Julien Baker- Turn Out The Lights
28 Son Lux- Brighter Wounds
29 Jamila Woods- HEAVN
30 Born Ruffians- Uncle, Duke & The Chief
