Features
Wednesday, October 7 2009
Running with the Beasts: An Interview with Castanets
After being held-up at gunpoint, recording alone in the desert, and being covered by Sufjan Stevens, Castanets' Ray Raposa is finally ready to step out on his own with a concept album about wild beasts that features some of his most tender and dramatic performances to date.
Reviews
Thursday, September 24 2009
Castanets: Texas Rose, the Thaw and the Beasts
Castanets' fourth release finds Ray Raposa and company settling down into a more conventional song structure while continuing to maintain their dark, eerie, spacious sound.
Wednesday, October 8 2008
Castanets: City of Refuge
City of Refuge is so quiet and tense with energy, so spare and spacious, that you may believe it capable of being a dozen different kinds of albums. But no matter what it is, it's brilliant.
Wednesday, October 31 2007
Castanets: In the Vines
With In the Vines, Ray Raposa injects his lonely travel ballads with a yearning to settle down, and produces the strongest Castanets record yet.
Wednesday, October 12 2005
Castanets: First Light's Freeze
This spare, creepy album is often pleasant and always surprising. Bearded zombies in love: I've got your soundtrack.
Blogs
Thursday, October 27 2011
Sufjan Stevens and Raymond Raposa to Perform Original Score October 30th
As part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 150th anniversary celebrations, the documentary Beyond This Place will be presented October 30 at 7:30 pm with…
