Stereogum — Way back in 2016, Califone shared a home-recorded EP called Insect Courage, which featured a song called “Burn The Sheets.Bleach The Books.” Since then, the Tim Rutili-led band played that song live about once annually. Now, Califone have shar... more info

Stereogum — Califone, Tim Rutili’s longstanding, outstanding experimental folk-rock project, released their new album Villagers back in May. Today they’ve tacked on three bonus tracks for a deluxe edition. more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Line Out, a one hour piece featuring twenty recordings from psychedelic and avant-garde mainstays like Can and Faust, lesser known practitioners such as Agitation Free and Novalis, and contemporary experimenters including Dungen, Beak >, and Califone... more info

Stereogum — Y'all ever listen to Califone? If not, you should really rectify that immediately. Tim Rutili's deconstructed folk-rock project produced some of the most beautiful and inventive underground sound of the past couple decades, winning a small but devote... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Folsky solo artist Tara Jane O'Neil will release her new self-titled album on April 21 via Gnomesong Records. In addition to dates with Tortoise, she'll be on tour with Califone and Mirah. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — There are many fine records in the Califone canon, but Tim Rutili's experimental folk-rock project has never sounded more vital than on 2003's Quicksand/Cradlesnakes. So I'm pleased to report that the album, which contains the awesome "Vampiring Agai... more info

Stereogum — Montreal shoegazers No Joy got Lansing-Dreiden/Violens mastermind and Ariel Pink collaborator Jorge Elbrecht to produce their new EP Creep. And while we've already posted the early track "Califone," you can hear Elbrecht's influence at work a little ... more info

Stereogum — Secretly Canadian's anti-Trump charity campaign Our First 100 Days rages on. Super Bowl Sunday's installment was a new Califone track called "Comedy." Over a sighing piano foundation and guitar theatrics that serve as a reminder for how this band set... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — It's the latest in the 'Our First 100 Days' series. Continue reading… more info

Impose Magazine — 15 years after its initial release, Califone’s seminal album from 2001, Roomsound, will be reissued on October 14th via Dead Oceans. Beginning as a Red Red Meat album, this record, born of a particularly brutal Chicago winter, would become Califone... more info