Castanets announce new tour/album
February 12, 2007
Castanets quietly revealed their upcoming tour over the weekend on their website. The last I read about Ray Raposa, the driving forced behind Castanets, he was touring the East coasts intracoastal waterway with Jana Hunter and Red hunter (AKA Peter and the wolf) by way of sailboat. After that he was to leave his new residence in Brooklyn and return to his home town of San Diego to begin recording his new full length album. While putting the finishing touches on his new full length in San Diego he decided to play a one off show to try out some of his new material at the Casbah yesterday. I was able to catch the show and was amazed at his hauntingly engaging stage presence. While playing the superb you are the blood, Ray came out into the audience and knelt down between the audience members, quivering through the chorus he seemed to transcend beyond the audience while still bringing them into his world. It was reminiscent of the experience that I think most have after seeing Akron/Family live. I’m starting to realize that the experience of connectedness in a concert on such a personal level is unique to the Naturalismo movement. Rarely have have I been to a concert where the artist is willing to step off the stage and include the audience. The mutual interaction between artist and audience makes for a much more interesting and lasting experience and I hope it continues.
I had a brief conversation with Ray Raposa after the show and he said to expect a split 10inch record with The Dirty Projectors to be coming out in March. A second split is scheduled for release in April. I pressed for more information about his upcoming full length and he said that it would be coming out in June most likely and that he has a title in mind but isn’t quite ready to anounce anything yet. If you have the chance to catch him on his upcoming tour I HIGHLY recommend it.
The upcoming tour dates are as follows:
| March 05, 2007 | New York, NY - Europa % |
| March 06, 2007 | Philadelphia, PA - Danger Danger % |
| March 07, 2007 | Baltimore, MD - Wham City % |
| March 08, 2007 | Washington, DC - Warehouse Next Door % |
| March 09, 2007 | Chapel Hill, NC - The Night Light % |
| March 10, 2007 | Athens, GA - Caledonia Lounge % |
| March 12, 2007 | New Orleans, LA - Green Project Space % |
| March 13, 2007 | Houston, TX - The Proletariat |
| March 14, 2007 | Austin, TX - SXSW Convention Center Day Stage |
| March 15, 2007 | Austin, TX - TBA Asthmatic Kitty Showcase |
| March 17, 2007 | Austin, TX - Okay Mountain Gallery 1:00pm-8:00pm 1312 E Cesar Chavez Asthmatic Kitty & Friends present Unusual AnimalsPeter & the Wolf Castanets The Weird Weeds The Shivers The Theater Fire W-S Burn The Field Guides with DJ Future Rapper and video art between sets. |
| March 19, 2007 | Springfield, MO - Randy Bacon Gallery % |
| March 20, 2007 | Kansas City, MO - The Pointless Forest % |
| March 21, 2007 | St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway % |
| March 22, 2007 | Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle % |
| March 23, 2007 | Ann Arbor, MI - EQ Halfass - U of Michigan % |
| March 24, 2007 | Toronto - Canada - Sneaky Dees % |
| March 25, 2007 | Ottawa - Canada - Zaphod’s % |
| March 26, 2007 | Montreal - Canada - Friendship Cove % |
| March 27, 2007 | Boston, MA - Middle East % |
| March 28, 2007 | Providence, RI - AS220 % |
| March 29, 2007 | New York, NY - TBA % www.toddpnyc.com |
| % w/ Shapes and Sizes |
If you’re unfamiliar with Castanets music I have selected a few tracks of interest:
February 22, 2007 at 11:09 pm
very insightful read, thankyou.
March 27, 2007 at 7:33 am
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