Altsounds — Beyond This Place, a documentary by Director Kaleo La Belle, will screen in Portland and Brooklyn accompanied by live performance of the film's musical score by Sufjan Stevens & Ray Raposa of Castanets. Movie Trailer Hot Docs Trailers 2010: BEYOND T... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Delorean will return to the States for a few big-city shows around their April 17th appearance at Coachella. For NYC, that means April 21st at Brooklyn Bowl. Tickets go on sale at noon. All dates are listed below. Delorean... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Global Rock Team said... Climax Blues Band - Gold Plated (1976) Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker (1969) http://globalrockteam.blogspot.com hitmewithit said... Next up in the great Stoner Music Collection ... The Can - Monster Movie [1969] {{Stoner Collection... more info

Pitchfork — Back in the days before he led Luna and Dean & Britta, Dean Wareham fronted Galaxie 500, the band that helped dream-pop come into existence. But according to Mike McGonigal's massive new Galaxie 500 oral history Pitchfork feature, a reunion of Wareha... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Denny Renshaw Hey look, another Sufjan Stevens project that isn't a new album! The singer-songwriter collaborated with Castanets' Raymond Raposa to score the documentary Beyond This Place, which chronicles filmmaker Kaleo La Belle's reunion ... more info

Sweetheart Of The Radio — 10. Castanets - Texas Rose, The Thaw & The Beats MP3: Castanets - Down The Line, Love Castanets on Myspace Support The Artist. Buy.Buy.Buy. Previously On SOTR: Castanets ---------------------------- 9. Espers - III MP3: Espers -The Road Of Go... more info

Cross Rhythms — Electronic/alt country experimentalist Castanets returns more info

Altsounds — With *Castanets’ **Texas Rose, The Thaw, and The Beasts* released on Asthmatic Kitty in late September, Ray Raposa and company have been feverishly globetrotting, and are currently on a full European tour with Temporary Residence recording a... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Beaten Awake: "Coming Home" [mp3] from Thunder$troke (out October 13th) other Beaten Awake posts at Largehearted Boy Castanets: "Worn from the Fight" [mp3] from Texas Rose, The Thaw, And The Beasts (out September... more info

Stereogum — When writing up Castanets' percussive curve ball "Worn From The Fight (With Fireworks)," I mentioned Ray Raposa's eerie Rafter Roberts-produced Texas Rose, The Thaw, And The Beasts has an I'm-so-lonesome-I-could-cry feel, like it was all put to ta... more info