And to warm yourself up for a post All Souls Calexico-saturated evening, it would behoove lovers of Tucson, Calexico-related projects and aficionados of gorgeous, well-crafted music to check out Amparo Sanchez’ appearance at Solar Culture on Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. Her name will be familiar if you are familiar with Calexico’s last two albums.

Because these days her live act features multiple functional costume changes (leotards galore!), light-up everything, a gorgeously sexy live band, custom made instruments, gracefully balancing herself on top of a screaming crowd and much, much more. Minds are getting blown so hard they end up splattered down the block.

Cheery organ, pedal steel, handclaps, lazy sunny melodies and gentle vocals greet the listeners of Words of the Knife and gently lull into comfortable (there’s that word again) pleasure. Fans of Sparklehorse who long for the magic pop touch that isn’t devoid of that pleasant, rambling ’70s psychedelia influence will be more than pleased.

I can perform alone with basically just my underwear on and you will have a very entertaining time, you know? And that’s what’s weird about what I think I can offer to a live performance. Because I can rock the sh*t out of it with basically nothing. So there’s a lot going on and my band is eye candy and they’re also amazingly talented. We’ve been doing this show for five months now and we love it. It’s fantastic- everyone who sees it, it blows their minds.

These days U2 is designed for stadiums in the way a Formula One racecar is designed for the track. Bono still waves a flag and preaches from the rock and roll pulpit, but these days the flag is a custom made, illuminated million dollar item and the pulpit is a gargantuan stage set-up complete with moving bridges, a runway that must have been at least ¼ mile in circumference and countless other custom-made light up props. Oh and by the way, it looked like a cross between a Dr. Suess-like giant green squid attack and the descent of the mother ship