As I mentioned a few weeks back, Califone has a new album coming out October 6. All My Friends Are Funeral Singers is the first new material from the Chicago art-folk contingent since 2006’s splendid Roots & Crowns, and the 14-song set doubles as a sort-of film soundtrack to band leader Tim Rutili's directorial debut of the same name. Stereogum premiered the abbreviated title track, “Funeral
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Califone, the four-piece experimental, roots folk band out of Chicago, are set to release their sixth album All My Friends are Funeral Singers later this fall on Dead Oceans. Hitting stores on October 6th, the new album will be the band's first for Dead Oceans and will serve as the follow-up to their fantastic 2006 release Roots and Crowns (which featured the stunning cover of Psychic TV's "T...
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Okay, Dead Oceans, let's get one thing straight right fucking now. Chicago's Califone don't need any help releasing badass, fucked-up music. No way, no how. Sure, you may have gotten the call to release All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, the newest album of freaky, funky, junkyard, blues-pop by the multi-talented multi-instrumentalists Tim Rutili, Jim Becker, Joe Adamik, and Ben Masseralla sin...
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The experimental Chicago rock band Califone will launch a U.S. tour beginning May 3 at the Performing Arts Center in Malibu, CA once they play three shows in Scotland.The group's most recent album, Roots & Crowns (Thrill Jockey) was released in 2006.Califone Tour Dates04/26/07 # Aberdeen, Scotland The Tunnels (7:30 PM, TIX)04/28/07 # Edinburgh, Scotland Cabaret Voltaire (7:00 PM, TIX)04/29/...
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Named after an audio equipment manufacturer, Chicago quartet Califone trade in mostly acoustic, alt. country and folky tunes. Not that you’d ascertain that from ‘Giving Away The Bride’, their opening salvo on this, their second long-player: it’s all staccato percussion, groaning samples and ethereal vocals. It’s experimental and exciting, like a lo-fi Beck out-take crossed…
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Elements of blues, country and folk all interspersed with sparse electronics and atmosphere. Califone return with new album 'All My Friends Are Funeral Singers'. Marc Higgins reviews.
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top ten albums of 2006 according to me on december 18 2006 at ~12 PMCalifone - Roots & Crowns (Thrill Jockey)Joanna Newsom - Ys (Drag City) J Dilla - Donuts (Stones Throw) The Knife - Silent Shout (Mute)Subtle - for hero: for fool (Astralwerks)Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You (Thrill Jockey) Acid Casuals - Omni (Placid Casual)El Perro Del Mar - S/T (Control Group)Milosh - Meme (Plug Research)The...
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This is my first listen of Califone, ever. Roots & Crowns is so good. What's up with this band? How could I have not listened to them before? They have almost as many albums as the Rolling Stones. Which other ones do I get? Thanks Mr. Hyman to turning me on to them by the way.
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Califone's profoundly rewarding set started with Jim Becker's dad crooning Sinatra's "Summer Wind" like a karaoke champ. The band then proceeded to play for well over two hours. They traveled from phenomenal new songs like "3 Legged Animals" to old favorites like "Pastry Sharp" and "Fisherman's Wife", from moments of delicate beauty to the hypnotic, jangling, rusty grooves that are their specia...
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I find this band so soothing. Pretty much matches my Saturday morning mood, lazy and a little melancholy.I don't have many specifics on them, I think Califone is a Chicago band; but I am sure that you will not find more interesting instrumentation.
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i'm loving this record. thanks jenny tatone. i was intriqued by your post (that you felt compelled to tell us all their tour dates), was in amoeba, the vinyl looked cool, and now, now, now i'm hooked.sweet production, great vocals, melodies, weirdness.
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The experimental Chicago rock band Califone will launch a U.S. tour beginning May 3 at the Performing Arts Center in Malibu, CA once they play three shows in Scotland.The group's most recent album, Roots & Crowns (Thrill Jockey) was released in 2006.Califone Tour Dates04/26/07 # Aberdeen, Scotland The Tunnels (7:30 PM, TIX)04/28/07 # Edinburgh, Scotland Cabaret Voltaire (7:00 PM, TIX)04/29/...
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When I was up at 3:30 this morning putting the finishing touches on a draft, I thought of this song.I am feeling awfully tired today, but the tune perks me up.
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New WaxChicago's Califone, now signed to Dead Oceans, which is home to the likes of Bowerbirds, Akron/Family, Phosphorescent, and John Vanderslice among others, follows up their wonderful 2006 album Roots & Crowns with a new album entitled All My Friends Are Funeral Singers. While the album stand's on its own musically, it is also a companion piece to Califone lead singer Tim Rutili's first fea...
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