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Paste Magazine: Eight Films at Sundance With Musical Connections

0 Comments Published January 22nd, 2010 in news, press

Paste’s Josh Jackson is heading to Sundance, and he’s excited to see Califone:

I leave for Park City, Utah in five days. Other than a half-day of skiing and a couple of parties, I’ll mostly be sitting next to other “Press & Industry” inside dark hotel conference rooms converted into movie theaters. Some come for the glamor. We come for the films. Oh, Yarrow Screening Room, next to the Albertson’s parking lot, I’ll be with you soon enough.

But Sundance has also always been a time to experience great music. The ASCAP Cafe and Harry O’s always put on great shows. I—and the world, I think—first heard the duo of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, who would later become The Swell Season, perform songs from their film, Once. I first saw Cary Brothers, Meiko and so many others on the Hotel Cafe stage at Sundance. I even got to break bread with Suzanne Vega, Alexi Murdoch, Mary Gauthier and Nickel Creek at an ASCAP dinner. This year, music plays a particularly big role in several films, and these are just eight that I’m going to try to see:

2. All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
As if Tim Rutili, the frontman for Califone, wasn’t accomplished enough, he’s the writer/director behind this film about a fortune teller, Zel, who lives with ghosts. They help her help her clients, but begin to get a little restless, and Zel doesn’t want to see them go. Califone, of course, provides the soundtrack.

Glenn Kotche of Wilco Calls “Funeral Singers” Best Album of 2009

3 Comments Published December 29th, 2009 in press

Wilco drummer/virtuoso/all-around handsome nice guy Glenn Kotche recently disclosed to Filter Magazine his Top 10 albums of 2009. Guess what? All My Friends Are Funeral Singers was his number one pick!

Glenn Kotche of Wilco’s Top 10 Albums of 2009

1. Califone – All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
2. Jim O’Rourke – The Visitor
3. Alex Cline – Continuation
4. John Luther Adams – The Place We Began
5. Tortoise – Beacons of Ancestorship
6. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
7. Frank Rosaly – Milkwork
8. Nels Cline – Coward
9. Bobb Bruno – Dreamt On EP
10. Chris Corsano – Another Dull Dawn

For more of Filter’s end of year Top 10 lists, check out their website.

‘Funeral Singers’ is Going to Sundance

0 Comments Published December 9th, 2009 in news, press, shows

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