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Roots & Crowns
Released: 2006 13 tracks
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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 Dates 04/26/07 # Aberdeen, Scotland The Tunnels (7:30 PM, TIX)04/28/07 # Edinburgh, Scotland Cabaret Voltaire (7:00 PM, TIX)04/29/07 # Glasgow, Scotland Classic Grand (7:30 PM, TIX)... MORE
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My first-ever review for Harp is up now at the magazine's website. http://www.harpmagazine.com/reviews/cd_reviews/detail.cfm?article_id=4838 It's a review of Califone's Roots & Crowns, a wonderful record that has grown on me steadily since I got it. "The Orchids", which is a Psychic TV cover, is getting all the press, but I might just like the percussion-heavy, hallucenogenic "Pink & Sour" better...depends on the day. Anyway, it's nice to see some hard-core musicians... MORE
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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 specialty. During one of my first visits to Chicago (almost exactly 9 years ago) I s... MORE
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I had the distinct pleasure of recording a song with Jim Becker of Califone on Sunday. He recorded a small version of the Roommate band (Erica Dicker on violin, Mercedes Landazuri on banjo, Anton Hatwich on upright bass, Evelyn Weston on saw, me on keytar and vocals) at his apartment to a cassette four-track recorder. I had heard and totally dug some music he recorded this way for my friend Jim Finn's film Interkosmos, but I was still amazed at the depth and fullness of th... MORE
