Blog: Ohmpark

Castanets I've begun compiling all the albums from this year I have yet to hear, but before I dive into that, I need to address the last few good albums I've already heard. The Castanets ' newest, City Of Refuge , is a weird hodgepodge of electronic bleeps and sounds combined with emotional folk jams. The juxtaposition of seemingly contradictory musical ideas could result in a gimmicky feel in less capable hands, but the original avant-folk record written and recorded by Castanets' Ray Raposa was tweaked with these digital overdubs by such [...]

• A.Armada - If Only You Knew What The Lost Soldiers Did To Me
• Castanets - Shadow Valley
• Zach Hill (Hella) - Uhuru