Califone
Songs List
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Romans
- 2.Bandicoot
- 3.Night Gallery / Projector
- 4.Howard St & the Beach Nov 1988 After 11
- 5.Flawed Gtr
- 6.Echo Mine
- 7.Carlton Says: Find It. It's Still There
- 8.Snow Angel V1
- 9.By the Time the Starlight Reaches Our Eyes
- 10.Snow Angel V2
Spin: 8 out of 10 - "...A Bizarro-world revision of early Rod Stewart, grumbling the ghostly gospel in constipated groans....[It] cuts like a feather across the flesh..."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Trout Silk
- 2.Bottles and Bones (Shades and Sympathy)
- 3.Fisherman's Wife
- 4.Porno Starlet vs. Rodeo Clown
- 5.Tayzee Nub
- 6.Slow RT. Hand
- 7.St. Augustine (A Bell Full of Swans)
- 8.Wade in the Water
- 9.Rattlesnakes Smell Like Split Cucumber
- 10.New Black Tooth
Spin: 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] sleepy folk/blues guitar, ramshackle percussion, quirky noises, and hazy-snap-shot lyrics."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Pink and Sour
- 2.Spiders House
- 3.Sunday Noises
- 4.The Eye You Lost in the Crusades
- 5.A Chinese Actor
- 6.Our Kitten Sees Ghosts
- 7.Alice Crawley
- 8.The Orchids
- 9.Burned by the Christians
- 10.Black Metal Valentine
- 11.Rose Petal Ear
- 12.3 Legged Animals
- 13.If You Would
Uncut: 4 stars out of 5 - "HERON KING BLUES is a free and forward-thinking kind of record, but also one that taps into forgotten, mythic resonances of American music without ever sounding ersatz, hokey or remotely contrived."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Wingbone
- 2.Trick Bird
- 3.Sawtooth Stung a Cheater's Song
- 4.Apple
- 5.Lion & Bee
- 6.2 Sisters Drunk on Each Other
- 7.Heron King Blues
- Tracks of Disc 2
- 1.Outro
- 2.Electric Fence [Clava Live Version] - (live)
- 3.Sawtooth Sung a Cheater's Song [10.11.03, KVRX Radio, Austin, TX]
- 4.The Ocean Was Lungs [Faraway Bells]
- 5.I Walk on Gilded Splinters
- 6.St. Martha [Clava Live Version] - (live)
- 7.Red [Clava Live Version] - (live)
Spin: "...Califone take their laptops to the pawnshop and rattle kitchen-drawer percussion like the Midwestern Latin Playboys..." - Grade: A-
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.One
- 2.Horoscopic.Amputation.Horny
- 3.Michigan Girls
- 4.Cat Eats Coyote
- 5.Your Golden Ass
- 6.(Red)
- Tracks of Disc 2
- 1.Million Dollar Funeral
- 2.When Leon Spinx Moved Into 3. Town
- 3.Mean Little Seed
- 4.Vampiring Again
- 5.Slower Twin
- 6.Stepdaughter
- Tracks of Disc 3
- 1.When Leon Spinx Moved Into Town (6.18.03 - VPRO Radio, Amsterdam)
- 2.Slowness (califone + oRSo)
- 3.Ro (califone + oRSo)
- 4.Wednesdays (califone + orzo)
- Tracks of Disc 4
- 1.Kissing Cousin Wikkan (9.02 Cicero)
- 2.Sciabolato
- 3.The Machines In Your Stomach Have Everything To Do With Your Dreams
- 4.Cat Eats Coyote (unedited)
Mojo (Publisher): 4 stars out of 5 -- "[M]any of the songs segue into one another, a percussive keyboard outro blending into a slow keyboard intro....Gorgeous..."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Movie Music Kills A Kiss
- 2.Stitches
- 3.Frosted Tips
- 4.Magdalene
- 5.Bells Break Arms
- 6.moonbath.brainsalt.a.holy.fool
- 7.Moses
- 8.A Thin Skin of Bullfight Dust
- 9.We are a Payphone
- 10.turtle eggs/an optimist
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Giving Away the Bride
- 2.Polish Girls
- 3.1928
- 4.Funeral Singers
- 5.Snake's Tooth = Protection Against Fever and Luck in Gambling
- 6.Bu¤uel
- 7.Ape-like
- 8.A Wish Made While Burning Onions Will Come True
- 9.Evidence
- 10.Alice Marble Gray
- 11.Salt
- 12.Krill
- 13.Seven, Fourteen or Twenty-One Knots
- 14.Better Angels
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Giving Away the Bride
- 2.Polish Girls
- 3.1928
- 4.Funeral Singers
- 5.Snake's tooth = Protection Against Fever & Luck In Gambling
- 6.Buñuel
- 7.Ape-like
- 8.A Wish Made While Burning Onions Will Come True
- 9.Evidence
- 10.Alice Marble Gray
- 11.Salt
- 12.Krill
- 13.Seven, Fourteen, Or Twenty-One Knots
- 14.Better Angels
Mojo (Publisher): 4 stars out of 5 -- "[M]any of the songs segue into one another, a percussive keyboard outro blending into a slow keyboard intro....Gorgeous..."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Movie Music Kills a Kiss
- 2.Stitches
- 3.Frosted Tips
- 4.Magdalene
- 5.Bells Break Arms
- 6.Moonbath.Brainsalt.A.Holy.Fool
- 7.Moses
- 8.A Thin Skin of Bullfight Dust
- 9.We Are a Payphone
- 10.Turtle Eggs / An Optimist
Spin: 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] sleepy folk/blues guitar, ramshackle percussion, quirky noises, and hazy-snap-shot lyrics."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Pink and Sour
- 2.Spiders House
- 3.Sunday Noises
- 4.The Eye You Lost in the Crusades
- 5.A Chinese Actor
- 6.Alice Crawley
- 7.The Orchids
- 8.Burned by the Christians
- 9.Black Metal Valentine
- 10.Rose Petal Ear
- 11.3 Legged Animals
- 12.If You Would
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Pink & Sour
- 2.Spider House
- 3.Sunday Noises
- 4.The Eye You Lost in the Crusades
- 5.A Chinese Actor
- 6.Our Kittens See Ghosts
- 7.Alice Crawley
- 8.The Orchids
- 9.Burned by the Christians
- 10.Black Metal Valentine
- 11.Rose Petal Ear
- 12.3 Legged Animals
- 13.If You Would
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Romans
- 2.Bandicoot
- 3.Night Gallery / Projector
- 4.Howard St & The Beach Nov 1988 After 11
- 5.Flawed Gtr
- 6.Echo Mine
- 7.Carlton Says: Find It. It's Still There
- 8.Snow Angel V1
- 9.By The Time The Starlight Reaches Our Eyes
- 10.Snow Angel V2
- MatchCalifone
- 42%M. Ward
- 40%Bill Callahan
- 39%Wilco
- 37%Calexico
- 37%Magnolia Electric Co.
- 36%Okkervil River
- 35%Fruit Bats
- 35%Hiss Golden Messenger
- 32%Kevin Morby
- 32%The Sea And Cake
- 31%Damien Jurado
- 31%Six Organs of Admittance
- 31%Woods
- 29%Cass McCombs
- 29%Phosphorescent