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califone

About Me


Roots & Crowns
is out now.

Get it at Thrill Jockey or via iTunes !

Pitchfork gave it an 8.7 out of 10. Read the review here .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/14/2005
Band Website: pastrysharp.com
Band Members: Joe Adamik, Jim Becker, Ben Massarella, Tim Rutili
Influences: sergio mendes, the faces, the rolling stones, captain beefheart, psychic t.v., mississippi john hurt, sparklehorse, will oldham, wil hendricks, fophie, bear&yeti, the rubber horse, the hydrogen tadpole, galopogus, puppets, jimi hendrix, heddy lamar, charlie chaplin, village people, beegees, mudhoney, silencio, gene wilder, john cage, giovanni gandolfi, after life, fellini, royal trux, wooden matches, glen sherman, ann carson, can, breathing, birds, cities, deserts, trees, james joyce, werner herzog, bob dylan, revolution, eecummings, robertson davies, fresh fruit, chemicals, david lynch, destruction, rebirth, joshua marie wilkinson, tuvan throat singing, prince, john fahey, piero piccioni, monk, god, loftus, modest mouse, mingus, the carpenters, mighty flashlight, miles davis, big star, chinese food, sun ra, sonic youth, michael krassner, howe gelb, empty beaches, iron and wine, giant sand, oceans, calexico, yo la tengo, robert wyatt, tom waits, orso, rex, neil young, the meat puppets, the flaming lips, low, black sabbath, helicopters, drunk sailors, drunk housewives, dock boggs, nino rota, sex, the books, 11th dream day, black flag, spaceman3, miche jette, the grass harp, charlie chaplin, ali farka toure, deerhoof, dr. john, galaxy500, william faulkner, marlon brando, wilco, brent green, dead clowns, plantlife, picture books, broken guitars, sleeping.more.less.
Record Label: Thrill Jockey Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

red red meat at SP20

SP20 Festival  Sunday, July 13th at Marymoor Park, Redmond, WAwe'll be playing a red red meat show for the first time in many years at the sup pop aniversary fest. here's some info. hope to see you ...
Posted by califone on Wed, 14 May 2008 05:36:00 PST

califone embryo t-shirts

we were selling these at the merch table on tour. we had some left over and they are only available right here while supplies last.this is a fine orange t-shirt and will help you learn about biology a...
Posted by califone on Fri, 02 May 2008 02:38:00 PST

sundance film festival 08

Califone will improvise soundtracks to Brent Green's films for God Builds Like Frank Lloyd Wright: Brent Green and Califone, part of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival's New Frontiers program.The 3 live ...
Posted by califone on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:56:00 PST

video evidence of our sordid past.

red red meat smokeymtn dbl dip
Posted by califone on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:10:00 PST

New LP info

May 19, 2006 chicago reader By Bob MehrIN THE PAST 12 months Califone has played only one show in Chicagoa January benefit at the Hideout for soundman Gary Schepers. In fact in the past year theyve p...
Posted by califone on Tue, 09 May 2006 06:16:00 PST