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Consafos is a four-piece indie rock band from Los Angeles, California and Omaha, Nebraska. Made up of four veteran musicians from such bands as Topeka, Ritual of Defiance, Glasscraft, and current members of Bright Eyes and The Good Life as well as Crazy Horse's Billy Talbot's son Billy Talbot Jr. [1] [2] [3]

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The name of the band derives from "con safos," a Chicano term meaning "with safety," used to mark graffiti. If such a piece was marked with "con safos," it was off limits, a sort of trademark, and a way of indicating that a graffito was complete and unarguable.

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  1. MacNeil, Jason "Tilting at Windmills Review", Allmusic. Retrieved October 14, 2016
  2. MacNeil, Jason (2005) "Consafos Tilting at Windmills", PopMatters, April 26, 2005. Retrieved October 14, 2016
  3. Gnade, Adam (2005) "Up & Coming: The Good Life, THE Velvet Teen, Bella Lea, Consafos", Portland Mercury , April 21, 2005. Retrieved October 14, 2016