Califone, Rebecca Gates and the Consortium

[COSMOPOLITAN ROOTS MUSIC] Califone is one of the rare bands whose music doesn’t sound rooted in a particular place or time period. The group’s first two self-titled EPs—released in 1999 and 2000—were beautiful and pretty startling: Here was a batch of Chicago-based misfits that found the tissue connecting turn-of-the-century blues and folk, experimental rock and glitchy dance music. The threads were always there, but now we finally had a road map. Califone visits us on the eve of a reissue of its first two EPs, released earlier this month by local label Jealous Butcher Records.  

Where: Mississippi Studios
Phone: 288-3895
Address: 3939 N Mississippi Ave.
Website: www.mississippistudios.com