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 ...

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.

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 ...

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; ...

Though he’s not likely to admit it, Tim Rutili was a key figure in Chicago’s burgeoning independent music scene in the ’90s. After moving to the city to study film at Columbia College, Rutili fronted ...

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 ...

Longstanding experimental folk outfit Califone welcome a double LP reissue of Sometimes Good Weather Follows Bad People today (Tuesday, November 6) via Jealous Butcher. Sometimes Good Weather Follows ...

I remember seeing Califone in Cleveland close to a decade ago and being struck by how a seated Tim Rutili and his fellow multi-instrumental bandmates mesmerized a young crowd who was most likely there ...

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 ...