As the days and nights get colder, and we enter full-fledged winter, it becomes more and more difficult to justify taking the BMW out. In the cold, it's almost better to just walk. But I braved the chill and barely-working defrost on December 2, taking the car out for one last night show before the new year. It would be a good one, filled with dreamy music pretty much throughout. Here's the playlist. No follow-up coverage today, as I'm saving them for later this week; it'll probably be another [...]
The synopsis: After a 30 year separation, father and son reconnect for a grueling 500-mile bike tour. In a confrontation of the past, these two men struggle to find a future. Can they see beyond their polar opposite views? Beyond This Place is a complex and emotionally dense film about family, forgiveness, and the arduous task of moving forward. Sufjan Stevens and Castanets' Raymond Raposa performed the soundtrack to Kaleo La Belle's Beyond This Place live at The Vista Theatre. Two screenings were packed with music and film fanatics. The live score went so [...]
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Tweet Watch the new video for Akron/Family 's song "Cast A Net" below, taken from the album "S/T II: The Cosmic Birth And Journey Of Shinju TNT". Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on Tumblr Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon [...]
Okay, you probably know what castanets are, on a basic level. But these little clackers have a surprisingly interesting little tale behind them. For example, did you know that, despite the fact that castanet-style instruments have been in existence for over 10,000 years, basically every castanet player performing today draws their style from just one woman, who was born in 1890? Well, hey, now you do. If you'd like to know more, read on: All About the Castanets . ... Read Full Post
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Raymond Raposa und Sufjan Stevens schreiben gemeinsam die Musik zum Dok-Film "Beyond This Place". Sie vertonen die Geschichte eines Mannes, der auf einer Velotour versucht, seinem Hippievater näher und über die Vergangenheit hinwegzukommen. Über eine Strecke von 800 Kilometern versucht der Filmemacher Kaleo La Belle radfahrend Anschluss zu finden an das Leben seines Vaters, der die Familie dreissig Jahre zuvor verlassen hat. " Beyond This Place " erzählt die Geschichte des Alt-Hippies Cloud Rock, der im Sattel seines Rennrads und unter dem [...]
New: Death Songs - Death Songs 10" EP Slightly less morbid in style than the moniker might suggest, Nick Delffs (also of Castanets , and The Shaky Hands ) is the man behind half Death Songs , a Portland-based indie pop outfit started with his Brother in 2007, set to drop their new self-titled EP on October 4th. From that release comes a rather unconventional Flamenco-influenced take in 'Ophelia', being offered as a free download by the band ahead of the 10" release on Post-Consumer. An evening European shuffle sits contentedly beneath [...]
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by teepoo Time for something not Canadian. The Whisperlights is a group from Phoenix, Arizona who together written 10 tracks for their album Surfaces which can be grabbed on their Bandcamp . The album is a collection of songs that is full of a summer palette of sounds. I know it's almost back-to-school time (well for you guys, I'm done forever mwahaha) but until then keep your summer tracks going. The Whisperlights should be a definite addition. Their vocals are bright and upbeat in nature [...]
Unless you live under a Spartanly-furnished rock, you know that this Saturday is Record Store Day, the happiest day of the year for those of us who still believe in the smell of vinyl and the power of liner notes. Like too many grassroots movement, recent years have witnessed RSD slowly becoming a soundingboard for larger artists. And that's great as long as it makes the registers sing at setting sun Mom and Pop shops, but it too often eclipses the less mainstream artists that these shops serve loyally day-in and day-out. So, when those doors [...]
see a lot of chatter on twitter regarding the upcoming record store day which is happening across the country on saturday. while i am a huge fan of the concept, i kinda have issues w people snapping up some of the awesome limited edition stuff and then turning around and selling it on ebay. are they even fans? probably not. more like opportunistic douchebags. thats not record store days fault though. so i still support it whole-heartedly. anywho, one of the cooler things i have seen coming out for record store day is bloodshot records' [...]
Ryan Adams - "Damn Sam" "Damn, Sam. I love a woman that rains" The Magnetic Fields - "The Book of Love" "The Book of Love is long and boring / no one can lift the damn thing" The Mountain Goats - "International Small Arms Traffic" "Our love is like the boarder between Greece and Albania" Okkervil River - "A Stone" "You love the hallowest tone / you love a stone" [...]
Tonight ... tonight ... tonight: ► L.A.'s favorite track-suited Norwegians, Datarock , are sprinting across the U.S. in suport of their new album "Music for Synchronization" and touting what they've called "the most extravagant single in the world," the track "Catcher in the Rye." The song is available on a 4GB USB stick — that also contains the album, an EP, 110 bonus tracks, 1,500 photos, an hour-long concert film and 20 music videos. Glowstick not included. Datarock parties at the Echoplex tonight, supported by Dirty Ghosts , Evan Voytas and [...]
Virgin Forest – Joy Atrophy MMM 1/2 There's something rather indescribable about the feeling that comes over you while driving through the dark on a desolate road, the headlights providing the only source of light; the feeling that comes over you when you humble yourself with a walk through the vast expanse of a forest; or the feeling that comes over you while you travel across the golden brown countryside, cutting through the dense, cold air outside. And while it may [...]
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Zoo hangouts will resume in three weeks after a hiatus for CMJ adventures. In the meantime, check back to find out where all the fun is gonna happen! See you soon, New York. If I Ran the Zoo, 10/12/10 Stag Hare - Island (pick up the Antelope Island 73 with our pals WYLD WYZRDZ ) Levek - Ancient Amazon/New Fashion (Viernes Cover) Lucky Dragons - Wooden Cave Loop ( stream / buy ) The Octopus Project - Glass Jungle [...]
Earlier this month, we caught wind of a forthcoming Led Zeppelin tribute album featuring dozens of Pacific Northwest artists (M. Ward, Chris Walla, etc.), and now Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones are getting selections from their famous oeuvres covered by an impressive roster of indie stars, as well. First up is Subterranean Home Sick Blues: A Tribute to Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home, which includes versions of songs off the aforementioned 1965 classic LP (as well as other Dylan songs from that time period) by Castanets, J. Tillman, the Morning Benders, Laura [...]
Castanets From: Rip City, United States I'm embarrased to say that, despite having been an interested bystander in the U.S. freak folk scene centred around Devendra Banhart I'd never really picked up on experimental one-man band Castanets. Composed of Raymond Raposa and any number of session musicians he could persuade to join him for his albums and performances, Castanets was a prominent member of the U.S. freak folk scene of the early noughties. However Raposa has refused to be [...]
>Gather 'round, ye kiddies, it's video time! Castanets is one of our favorites. Ray Raposa's songs are sparse but full-sounding; experimental and indulgent but endlessly listenable; sometimes a bit lonely and creepy. The local songwriter—he's a bit of a drifter, but keeps coming back to Portland—has only gotten better as of late, and here's some video evidence from the Terror Eyes blog. Here we find Raposa at his minimal best, and the crunching leaves on "Some Kind of Fool"—while they may not seem intentional—are an entirely appropriate touch. Bonus Trivia items: What's Up's Robby Moncrieff is [...]
TerrorEyes.TV followed Ray Raposa aka Castanets around for a couple days last week, out in California, and filmed these two performance clips. We love the bleeding-heart-on-the-sleeve that is Ray Raposa. His Hank Williams covers project was interesting. His Laundromatinee.com session was intimate and personal. We've even checked in a few times to see what makes those castanets click . Castanets : Some Kind Of Fool : Castanets : [...]
A very interesting EP landed in my folder couple of days ago, by French label Wool Records . I already wrote about another release of this great label, the Pinneapple Dream by Double U and it's no surprise that this new release of theirs includes Double U once again. Wooly Jumpers EP#1 is a terrific EP, the first in a series of ep's the label plans to release that contains songs by artists they like. It's a nice concept, [...]
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