El Valiente’s Eric Caldera on tonight’s show at FOKL, experimental music

I’m a sucker for weird band descriptions. For example: El Valiente is a band that blends Tex-Mex and spaghetti-western influences into experimental, instrumental, indie rock. See? Instant intrigue!

The three-piece band from Madison, Wisconsin, creates moderately intense, 10-minute symphonies that border on jam band-y, but never cross to boring or cheesy. We recently spoke with Eric Caldera of El Valiente.