Califone

Went up to Dingwalls in Camden last night to see the band Califone and supports with the lovely Jane, her fiance Greg and Chris in tow. It was a brilliant night, all up. The first band were alright, and what they may have lacked in the song dept., the certainly made up for in the funny suit dept, so all was well.

Califone, though, were really quite a pleasant surprise. Kind of like a more folky, rocky, and vocal version of The Dirty Three ...... only less depressing and .. well, probably the only thing they had in common was a violin ...

... but they added a Banjo to the repertoire .. which made for a happy, albeit disproportianately large and rather drunken, Tangles.