For a band whose members have their hands in all aspects of Chicago’s thriving independent music scene, the guys in Califone are incredibly humble. Between quietly releasing seven full-length ...

Following the dark digicoustical tone poetry of 2004's "Heron King Blues," the new album comes closest to Red Red Meat than anything Califone has done in the eight years since leaving that band… By ...

Though he's often asked about his former band Red Red Meat - especially given that band's occasional reunions - for the past dozen years Tim Rutili has fronted the far more experimental Califone.

On the one hand, the Addison native enjoys looking back at “Roomsound,” the debut full-length album by his adventurous rock-blues-folk-electronic band, Califone, that's getting a deluxe reissue on the ...

This vinyl-only reissue gathers Califone's two self-titled EPs that were collected on a CD under this name in 2002, but adds a cache of unreleased Red Red Meat material to attract completists. That ...

Chicago based Califone get their moniker from a manufacturer of audio equipment. They are an experimental band of musicians headed by main man Tim Rutili (formerly of band Red Red Meat). Quite a ...

Tim Rutili won’t let anything be. As evidenced through 10 full-length releases from his band Califone, whatever is expected must be changed. Everything hopeful must be marred at the surface; ...

Named after that age-old line of bulky record players you used to get your groove on with at the school library back in the day, Califone has been helping Americana convert itself from analog to… By ...

Down in the valley with Greg Brown; Indie folk punk from Ani DiFranco; The electronic experiments of Dani Siciliano; Finger-style guitarist Harris Newman; Folk meets blues electronica in the music of ...

Some promo CDs come with a serious layer of security to prevent piracy and leaks: a special watermark which means the music can be traced back to a specific numbered disc if it finds its way onto the ...