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Weekly : Music : 5.3.07  Tripped Out Blues, Spaced Out Folk
Califone and Eric Johnson in Eugene   On the website of Eric
Johnson's beloved absurdist folk/pop group Fruit Bats, he
promises always to continue the band, saying, "The only way
Fruit Bats could ever stop is if I die." That's good news for
Bats fans now that Johnson has officially joined The Shins.
Johnson, who promises a new Fruit Bats record this year, opens
for Califone on the band's Eugene stopover next week.  Califone,
Eric Johnson. 9 pm Thursday, 5/10. Sam Bond's Garage • $12. 21+
show  Califone's music is at its best when it's slow and weird.
The group's new album, Roots and Crowns, is slow and weird.
Experimental sounds, dark images, memories our unconscious sifts
through, themes of rebirth … it's all here. Califone's Tim
Rutili and I exchanged emails about how the band approaches its
tripped out blues, spaced out folk and shattered soliloquies.
Roots and Crowns utilizes sound f