Greg Kot talks Red Red Meat history, Califone’s Funeral Singers, and more at the Chicago Tribune: When Red Red Meat, one of the finest bands ever to come out of Chicago and emblematic of a ’90s rock scene rich with creativity, plays Monday at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park as part of the city’s [...]

All My Friends Are Funeral Singers Trailer from Califone on Vimeo. The band also just announced the first leg of their All My Friends Are Funeral Singers tour, featuring rock concerts and live soundtrack film performances showcasing the feature length movie. Tourdates are after the jump. October 10 Chicago, IL – Museum of Contemporary Art [...]

There’s a nice writeup by Jim DeRogatis in the Chicago Sun-Times: How did guitarist-vocalist Tim Rutili, drummer Brian Deck, bassist Tim Hurley and percussionist Ben Massarella come to return to the scene now, given that they’ve all been busy with myriad other projects since the group’s last album for Seattle’s Sub Pop Records, “There’s a [...]