Califone isn’t one for being showy — even their “interactive” video from earlier this year is a lesson in passivity. The visuals for “We Are A Payphone” look in at someone else’s nostalgia trip, as our unseen protagonist applies meaning and memories to objects the viewer has n...

Earlier this summer, it was announced that roots-rock experimentalists Califone would release Stitches, their first full-length in four years, in September. When we reported the details, Tom wrote, “Shout out to any band willing to release a song called ‘Frosted Tips’ in 2013.” Well, “Frosted Tip...

The Chicago roots-rock travelers Califone have a new album called Stitches coming soon, and they’ve taken an unorthodox approach in making the video for the album’s elegiac title track. Along with filmmaker Braden King and programmer Jeff Garneau, they’ve made an interactive video that draws imagery — both...

Misra Records is celebrating LGBT Pride Month in a really interesting way with this baffling new release from Holopaw (split with Sleeping States). Basically what happened here is Brian Deck and Benny Massarella of Califone (who announced their new album today) took Holopaw’s recent album, Academy Songs Vol. 1, and remixed the entire t...

Califone, the experimental Chicago roots-rock band, haven’t released an album since 2009′s All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, but they’re back this fall with a new one called Stitches. For the first time, the band left Chicago to record the LP, hitting various studios around the American southwest instead. (They ev...