Bahamas, Calexico
Wed., Jan. 23, 10pm
Emo's, 2015 Riverside, 512/800-4628
For seventh LP Algiers, Calexico abandoned Tucson, Ariz., to record in New Orleans. While the sextet’s 2012 offering still shades with a familiarly dusty Southwestern hue, they’ve added darker and at times more powerful elements to their palette. Bahamas, the solo project of Toronto’s Afie Jurvanen, opens, riding the double success of 2011 debut Pink Strat and last year’s Barchords – richly melodic pop tones caressing disillusion and yearning. – Doug Freeman