Califone members Jim Becker and Joe Adamik will play constructed and improvised music this Thursday, July 8 (tomorrow) at the Hideout. They go on 9-9:30ish. David Daniell and Frank Rosaly will play afterward, and all four will play together at the end.

6/19/10 – 2:00PM – Chicago, IL – Saki
6/20/10 – 1:30PM – Chicago, IL – Taste of Randolph Street Festival
7/4/10 – 5:45PM – Des Moines, IA – 80/35 Festival
8/26/10 – 8:00PM – Columbus, OH – Wexner Center for the Performing Arts (w/ Film)
8/28/10 – 8:30PM – North Adams, MA – Mass MoCa (w/ Film)

Come celebrate the grand opening weekend event for the lovely new record store in Logan Square — brought to you by the folks at Carrot Top records. A mighty fine record label!

Jim Becker – vox, acoustic guitar, fiddle
Joe Adamik – traps,bass clarinet
Gillian Lisee – bass, vox
Adam Vida – electric guitar, vox

Sunday, May 30th
12:00 Chicago Independent Radio Project DJ
1:00 DJ Barry Phipps (The Coctails)
2:00 Daniel Knox
3:00 DJ Special Guest
4:00 DJ Rian Murphy (Drag City)
5:00 Jim Becker
6:00 DJ Joel Leoschke (kranky)
7:00 DJ Patrick Monaghan (Carrot Top Records)
9:00-? Weegees After-par

Cal-ee-fone (that’s how my actor/governor pronounces our favorite band’s name whenever he raves about them) will be hitting the road in June for a round trip to Louisville. After that, they’ll make the much shorter commute to Chicago’s RibFest and the Taste of Randolph Street Festival. In August, they’ll play a show at Mass MoCA in The Bay State.

There are a few additional shows floating around (TBA soon), but this could be it for a while. So if you still haven’t seen them — or you haven’t seen them the required 999 times to be in the elite Club Califone (it meets the sixth Thursday of every month on top of The Bean), now’s the time, friends.

Also, don’t forget, Jim, Joe, and the Judy Green have a 10pm Hideout show tonight. Be there!

Califone Summer Dates

6/11/10 – Louisville, KY – The 930 Listening Room
6/12/10 – Chicago, IL – Ribfest
6/20/10 – Chicago, IL – Taste of Randolph Street Festival
8/28/10 – North Adams, MA – MASS MoCA (w/ film)

Jim Becker, Joe Adamik, Gillian Lisee, Reid Coker, Sam Wagster and Al Scalpone will play the Hideout on May7.

The Judy Green will play at 10:00
Jim Becker goes on at 11:00

Hope to see you there!

Check out FreekRadio on March 24th at 10pm (Central Time) to listen to a live performance by Califone, recorded while they were in Austin for South By Southwest. Says Tim, “We had a great time doing it,” so it should be worth your while.

You can also tune in directly through iTunes Radio > Eclectic Genre > Freekradio.

If you can’t catch the broadcast tonight, the show will run again this Friday (March 26) at 10pm. After that it will be made available as an iTunes Podcast!

It’s rare to attend a concert where the musicians’ backs face the audience for the duration of the show, and it’s perhaps even rarer when those same faceless musicians skillfully manage to not only engage but captivate the attention of their listeners. But Califone is not like every other band.

Read more at Time Out Chicago

3/9/10 (9pm) – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall (with film)
3/10/10 (9pm) – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall (without film)
3/11/10 (7pm doors) – St. Louis, MO – Luminary Center for the Arts (with film)
3/15/10 (9:30pm) – Austin, TX – Alamo Lamar 1 – SxSW (with film)
3/17/10 (midnight) – Austin – Club DeVille – SxSW – BrooklynVegan Showcase
3/18/10 (1pm) – Austin – Other Music Lawn Party, French Legation Museum – SxSW
3/18/10 (4:10pm) – Austin – Team Clermont Party, Flamingo Cantina – SxSW
3/19/10 (12pm) – Austin – Alamo Ritz 1 – SxSW (with film)
3/30/10 (8pm) – Brooklyn, NY – The Bell House (w/ Sonoi)
3/31/10 (7pm) – New York, NY – IFC Center

Here is a list of Califone’s confirmed SXSW shows. Hope to see you there!

3/15/10 – Alamo Lamar 1 – 9:30pm*
3/17/10 – Brooklyn Vegan Showcase Club Deville – midnight
3/18/10 – Other Music Lawn Party, French Legation Museum – 1pm
3/18/10 – Team Clermont Party, Flamingo Cantina – 4:10pm
3/19/10 – Alamo Ritz 1 – 12:00pm*

*film w/live band soundtrack

Califone’s film, All My Friends Are Funeral Singers is going to Sundance. The band is “shocked and amazed” (and, of course, excited). They’ve been touring behind the film and their acclaimed new album since October.

In addition to Sundance, the band will go northward this February, in support of Wilco’s Trans-Canada tour. It’s gonna be chilly. Dates are below. Woot!

Sundance Film Festival

January 26, 2010 (9pm) – Park City, UT – New Frontier On Main (live music to film)
January 27, 2010 (9pm) – Park City, UT – Egyptian Theatre (film only)
January 28, 2010 (2pm) – Park City, UT – Holiday Village Cinema II (film only)
January 29, 2010 (7:30pm) – Salt Lake City, UT – Broadway Centre Cinemas IV (film only)
January 30, 2010 (3pm) – Park City, UT Park City – Yarrow Hotel Theatre 1 (film only)

With Wilco (no film)

February 07, 2010 – Missoula, MT – Adams Center
February 09, 2010 – Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
February 10, 2010 – Seattle, WA – The Paramount Theatre
February 12, 2010 – Victoria, BC – The Royal Theatre
February 13, 2010 – Vancouver, BC – David Lam Park
February 15, 2010 – Edmonton, AB – Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
February 16, 2010 – Calgary, AB – Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
February 17, 2010 – Saskatoon, SK – TCU Place
February 19, 2010 – Duluth, MN – Duluth Entertainment & Convention Center
February 20, 2010 – Madison, WI – Overture Center for the Arts
February 21, 2010 – East Lansing, MI – Wharton Center for the Performing Arts
February 23, 2010 – Hamilton, ON – Hamilton Place Theatre
February 24, 2010 – London, ON – Centennial Hall