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favorite lp's:

1.
Califone - All My Friends Are Funeral Singers

2.
Papercuts - You Can Have What You Want

3.
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

4.
Kurt Vile - God Is Saying This To You...

5.
Timber Timbre - Timbre Timbre

6.
Magnolia Electric Co. - Josephine

7.
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

8.
aMute - Infernal Heights for a Drama

9.
Micachu - Jewellery

10.
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II

11.
Bowerbirds - Upper Air

12.
Chriss Sutherland - Worried Love

13.
A.A. Bondy - When The Devil's Loose

14.
DM Stith - Heavy Ghost

15.
Floating Action - Floating Action

16.
Megafaun - Gather, Form & Fly

17.
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below

18.
The Antlers - Hospice

19.
City Center - City Center

20.
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Summer of Fear

21.
Castanets - Texas Rose, The Thaw, and The Beasts

22.
Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid

23.
Vic Chesnutt - At The Cut

24.
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs

25.
Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk

Honorable Mention:
Real Estate - Real Estate
Langhorne Slim - Be Set Free
Atlas Sound - Logos




favorite compilation:

various artists - Dark Was The Night


favorite ep:

Bon Iver - Blood Bank

Here's my 30 favourite albums of the year:

1. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
2. Timber Timbre- Timber Timbre
3. The Antlers - Hospice
4. M. Ward - Hold Time
5. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
6. Dave Rawlings Machine - A Friend of a Friend
7. WHY? - Eskimo Snow
8. Deer Tick - Born On Flag Day
9. The Felice Brothers - Yonder Is The Clock
10. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
11. Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk
12. A.A. Bondy - When The Devil's Loose
13. The Deep Dark Woods- Winter Hours
14. Gregory Alan Isakov - This Empty Northern Hemisphere
15. Phosphorescent - To Willie
16. Girls - Album
17. The Cave Singers - Welcome Joy
18. Castanets- Texas Rose, the Thaw and the Beasts
19. Megafaun - Gather, Form & Fly
20. J. Tillman- Year In The Kingdom
21. Langhorne Slim - Be Set Free
22. Real Estate - Real Estate
23. Richard Swift - The Atlantic Ocean
24. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
25. Eels - Hombre Lobo
26. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Beware
27. Ola Podrida - Belly of the Lion
28. Soulsavers - Broken
29. Joshua James- Build Me This
30. Pete Yorn - Back & Fourth

organized by format and decade only.
in the works......this will be a long process....

12" LPs

00's

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Beware, Drag City DC 666- 2009



Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down In The Light, Drag City DC 367- 2008



Castanets - In The Vines, Asthmatic Kitty - 2007



Phosphorescent - Pride, Dead Oceans - 2007



Woods - At Rear House, Woodsist 004 - 2007



Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Master and Everyone, Drag City DC 233- 2003



The Microphones - "The Glow" Pt. 2, K KLP 133 - 2001



Lift to Experience - The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads, Bella Union - 2001



Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Ease on Down the Road, Palace Records PR 26- 2001



Red House Painters - Old Ramon, Sub Pop Records - 2001



90's

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See A Darkness, Palace Records - 1999



Dirty Three - Ocean Songs, Touch And Go TG193LP - 1998



Neutral Milk Hotel - In An Airplane Over The Sea, Merge Records MRG136 - 1998



Silver Jewsl - American Water, Drag City DC 149 - 1998



Pavement - Brighten the Corners, Matador OLE 097-1 - 1997



Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island, Merge Records MRG103 - 1996



Palace Music - Arise Therefore, Drag City DC 088- 1996



Dirty Three - Horse Stories, Touch And Go TG165 - 1996



Palace Music - Viva Last Blues, Drag City DC 065- 1995



Palace Brothers - Palace Brothers, Drag City DC 050- 1994



Jeff Buckley - Grace, Columbia CK 57528 - 1994



Sebadoh - Bakesale, Sub Pop Records SP 260- 1994



Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, Matador OLE 079-1 - 1993



Red House Painters - Red House Painters, 4AD - 1993



Palace Brothers - There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You, Drag City DC 034- 1993



Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted, Matador OLE 038-1 - 1992



Neil Young - Harvest Moon, reprise records - 1992



Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill, 4AD - 1992



Sebadoh - III, Homestead Records HMS 168-1- 1991



Slint - Spiderland, Touch And Go TG064LP - 1991




80's

Townes Van Zandt - Live At the Old Quarter, Tomato - 1989



The Cure - Disintegration, Electra - 1989



Sebadoh - The Freed Man, Homestead Records HMS 145-1- 1989



Dinosaur Jr - you're living all over me, Sst Records SST 130 - 1987



The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead, Rough Trade Records - 1986



Tom Waits - Rain Dogs, Island Records - 1985



Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones, Island Records - 1983



Joy Division - Closer, Factory FACT 25 - 1980




70's

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures, Factory FACT 10 - 1979



Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run, Columbia - 1975



Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Dinner, Asylum Records - 1975



Tom Waits - Closing Time, Asylum Records SD5061 - 1973



Lou Reed - Berlin, rca victor - 1973



The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup, Rolling Stones Records - 1973



Neil Young - Harvest, reprise records - 1970



Lou Reed - Transformer, rca victor LSP-4807 - 1972



The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street, Rolling Stones Records - 1972



Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate, Columbia C 30103 - 1971



The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers, Rolling Stones Records - 1971



Neil Young - After the Gold Rush, reprise records - 1970




60's

The Stooges - The Stooges, Electra - 1969



The Rolling Stones - LET IT BLEED, Decca - 1969



Townes Van Zandt - Out Mother the Mountain, poppy - 1969



The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground, Verve Records - 1969



Leonard Cohen - Songs From a Room, Columbia - 1969



The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat, Verve Records - 1968



Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison, Columbia - 1968



The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico, Verve Records - 1966

Castanets No Voice Was Raised (2005)

from the album First Light's Freeze

It goes: "and the wreckage... accumulated as evidence"

All music from Ray Raposa's Castanets contains certain nostalgic feeling, a vintage atmosphere that takes you to the past, maybe the 60s where Raposa would probably feel more comfortable. But still, he holds a talent to incorporate modern sounds, from here and now, that makes his songs interesting and likeable for anyone into fresher music. All Radiohead fans would feel familiriaty in Castanets' music, no doubt.



If you like this, listen to: You Are the Blood, good friend yr hunger, Industry and Snow, New Drug Queens by The Pink Mountaintops, Farewell Transmission by Songs:Ohia, Lay and Love by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, All Good Things by The Robot Ate Me

A Jigsaw [alt-countryfolk]

The Alpha & Omega Suite [alt-country/electronic]

Anders K. Madsen [acoustic/folk]

Ashish [folk]

Blanche [alt-country]

Castanets [folk]

The Comb-overs [acoustic/folk] You can also find Pete's music here for free download: http://petedavis.bandcamp.com/

Corey Smith [country]

diha [folk/world music]

Edith Frost [alt-country/indie]

Einar Stenseng [folk]

Fejd [folk rock]

The Felice Brothers [alt-country/folk]

Gaia Consort [folk]

Gloria Jane [country]

Harumpotlash [experimental folk]

I'm so so [folk/acoustic]

Jake Generalli [folk]

Jason Crowgey [folk/indie]

Jim Brannigan [celtic/irish folk]

John Paul Keith & the One Four Fives [country]

Lola Mullen [alt-country/folk]

Los Alamos [alt-country]

Marybeth D'Amico [alt-country]

Ödland [experimental folk]

Ours To Destroy [folk]

Punch the pilot [acoustic/folk]

Rosie and Me [folk/indie]

Santa Cruz [alt-country/folk] (click on the albums to find the free tracks)

Spoken In Sanskrit [folk]

Shannon Stephens [acoustic/folk]

Sudironda [folk]

Ternipe [folk]

Tim Salmond [country/folk]

Tom Peel [folk]

Unsparing Sea [folk]

Ветер Воды [folk]

Дорога Водана [folk rock]

Йовин [folk]

I do not want to explain
and I'm not going to
I wanna get high on something
Go dancing with someone
turn our backs to the battle
I didn't see anything
nothing worth remembering

And I do not want to
to have no choices

In between me and any
any true rejoicing
I wanna forget this reckoning
proud and disbelieving
get the hell out of Denton
with the privilege of everything
alive truly in everyone

Live truly in everyone
live truely in everyone
live truly in everyone

Castanets

It's the hot new thing; list 50 acts you've seen live. Below, in no particular order, are 50 bands I've enjoyed live.

1. Incubus
2. Casper & The Cookies
3. of Montreal
4. The Impossible Shapes
5. The Apples in Stereo
6. Phosphorescent
7. William Elliot Whitmore
8. Circulatory System
9. Elf Power
10. The Coral
11. The Decemberists; Colin Meloy
12. Akron/Family
13. Luke Temple
14. Ray Davies
15. Band of Horses
16. Chad VanGaalen
17. The Shins
18. The Instrument
19. Deerhoof
20. Arizona
21. Grand Buffet
22. Laura Viers
23. The New Pornographers
24. Bowerbirds
25. Bon Iver
26. Dirty Projectors
27. Fiery Furnaces
28. MGMT
29. Great Lake Swimmers
30. John Vanderslice
31. Man Man
32. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
33. The Helio Sequence
34. The New Sound Of Numbers
35. Pipes You See, Pipes You Dont
36. Horse Feathers
37. These United States
38. Tyler Ramsey
39. Via Audio
40. Grizzly Bear
41. Destroyer
42. Rogue Wave
43. Dark Meat
44. Nana Grizol
45. The Music Tapes
46. Mates of State
47. Castanets
48. The Avett Brothers
49. The Builders and the Butchers
50. Scrottum

Trailer Bride – Jesco
Slim Cessna's Auto Club – This Is How We Do Things In The Country
Seasick Steve – Started Out WIth Nothin'
Scott H. Biram – Judgement Day
Micah P. Hinson – Diggin' A Grave
Jace Everett – Burn For You
Reverend Deadeye – Fuck_the_Devil
United Steel Workers Of Montreal – Three Hard Knocks
The Hackensaw Boys – Oh, Girl
Th' Legendary Shack Shakers – Old Spur Line
John Paul Keith & the One Four Fives – She'll Dance to Anything
Southern Culture on the Skids – Daddy Was a Preacher but Mama Was a Go-go Girl
Black and Whites – I Need A Good Girl
Throw Rag – Race With the Devil
The .357 String Band – Raise the Moon
The Steeldrivers – Drinkin' Dark Whiskey
Uncle Sinner – Gospel Plow
16 Horsepower – My Narrow Mind
Shortstack – Offer Still Stands
Star Anna – If Wishes Were Horses
Willem Maker – Red As a Rose
16 Horsepower – Haw
O'Death – Low Tide
The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir – Never Be Dead
William Elliott Whitmore – Old devils
Fire On Fire – The Orchard
Sparklehorse – Cow
The Builders and the Butchers – Hands Like Roots
Harlan T. Bobo – Mr. Last Week
Castanets – Cathedral 4 (The Unbreaking Branch and Song)
The Renderers – Deep Deep Sea
The Diamond Center – Cap'n Death
MD Wren & The Sick Kids – One Will Be Late
Left Lane Cruiser – Set Me Down
Scott H. Biram – Wildside
Slim Cessna's Auto Club – americadio
Charley Horse – Loco
Vince Ray – boneshaker baby
Mike Ness – I´m in Love w-My Car
The .357 String Band – Down On A Bender
The Kill Devil Hills – Nasty Business
Thee Oh Sees – Block Of Ice
Dark Meat – one more trip
The Pink Mountaintops – Bad Boogie Ballin'
The Black Angels – Bloodhounds on My Trail
The Blackwater Fever – Better Off Dead
The Fumes – Python For A Pillow
Two Cow Garage – Smell of Blood
Lucero – I Don't Wanna Be the One
Jr. Juggernaut – Another Two Weeks
San Saba County – Psalm 102
Jon Snodgrass – remember my name
John Schooley and His One Man Band – The Crooked Path
Bob Log III – Bump Pow!
Jerry Teel & The Big City Stompers – Hillbilly Boogie
Hank Williams III – Crazed Country Rebel
Trace Adkins – Marry For Money
The Devil Makes Three – Help Yourself
The Steeldrivers – Hear The Willow Cry
Yarn – Can't Slow Down
Blackstone Valley Sinners – Rainbows Are Back In Style
Agriculture Club – Cattle Ranch Girl
Jason & The Scorchers – If Money Talks
The Only Sons – We Will Get By
Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers – Bullfrog Blues
D-66 – goin mad
Scott H. Biram – Draggin' Down The Line
Hank Williams III – Drink It and Drug It
Deadbolt – Orange Blossom Special
The Singing Loins – Be Marry!
Reverend Horton Heat – Like a Rocket
Nashville Pussy – Piece of Ass
Throw Rag – Desert Shores
The Bonnevilles – Army of One
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band – Mama's Fried Potatoes
Chuck Ragan & Austin Lucas – Darling Corey
The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir – 10,000 Years
John Paul Keith & the One Four Fives – Let's Get Gone
Phillip Roebuck – Travel Light
Chris Knight – my old car
Possessed By Paul James – No Windows
The Fox Hunt – Murder in My Heart
Matthew Dean Herman – Blackbird
Old Crow Medicine Show – Tennessee Pusher
Timber Timbre – Oh Messiah
Shiny Around the Edges – This Apocalypse
The Angels of Light – Not Here/Not Now
Arbouretum – Another Hiding Place
Marissa Nadler – River of Dirt