Mark Deming, All Music Guide
Web link: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jzftxz8rldte "One of America's most interesting and thoroughly enjoyable bands . . . 'Americano' demonst...
"The record is about San Antonio and its inhabitants: from the South Side neighborhood fruit stand at Nogalitos and Zarzamora . . . to the cultural observation of 'Home,' a gorgeous ballad that brings to mind Elvis Costello. An Anglo man looks at a Latino woman at a bus stop, trying to imagine her life."