Castanets, Tendrils Tendrils captures Castanets and their peers in this video meditation on the motion of water, the beauty of natural light, and the spontaneity of friends. Features video covers of Castanets songs by Phosphorescent, Dirty Projectors, Osso and Vanishing Voice.
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TENDRILS SCREENINGS AND LIVE CASTANETS 2008-05-10
Photo by Mia Ferm
Raposa is magical. He can be in two places at once. Be sure to catch him on tour in Europe. This time he will bring his sounds as far east as Croatia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic. Castanets will be performing as a two piece with Meg Noe accompanying Raposa on violin and voice.
And screenings of the DVD Tendrils will be happening around release date, including a One Week Only feature screening now, May 9th to May 16th on Pitchfork.tv if you can't make it out in person. Click here to watch.
May 16th - Chapel Hill, NC - Nightlight w/ Barghest May 17th - Indianapolis, IN - Big Car - w/ Actuel and Grampall Jookabox May 20th - Austin, TX - End of an Ear May 20th - San Francisco, CA - ATA - w/ Lazarus May 28th - Bloomington, IN - Cinemat - w/ Resting Rooster (Sponsored by Landlocked Records) May 29th - Athens, GA - Flicker - w/ Hope For Agoldensummer and The White Oaks
WELCOME WAGON PLAYS KNITTING FACTORY 2008-05-08
Photo by Emily Haselschwerdt
You can catch a live show by pastor/wife duo The Welcome Wagon, who will be playing the Tap Bar in the Knitting Factory, NY, tonight, Thursday, May 8th. They'll be opening a show for Ohbijou and Stars Like Fleas at 8pm. Doors open 7pm at the Knitting Factory and it's just $7 advance, $8 at the door. The Welcome Wagon's Vito and Monique will be joined by brothers Jay and Alex Foote on upright bass and electric guitar. It's a family affair.
MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND RELEASES SINGLE, TOURS, PREORDER 2008-05-07
My Brightest Diamond's second album, A Thousand Shark's Teeth, is just a little over a month away from release. To whet appetite, the band is releasing its first single and announcing tour dates. We are also activating preorders for Shark's Teeth, which you can make from SCDistribution here. Preorders will receive access to download an exclusive bonus EP to hold you over until release. Click more, below, for details and tracklist on this EP, or here to see MBD's tourdates, which include a few European dates, LA, NYC, and Boston.
Already, the first single from the album, "Inside a Boy," has received an outpouring of internet love from bloggers and forum posters. The digital release of the single includes this track, as well as the beatbox-driven fantasy tapestry rock "I Had A Pearl." Also included is a cover/remix version of album track Black and Costaud by friend Tim Fite (Anti-) and a remix of Inside A Boy by Son Lux (Anticon).
You can buy Inside a Boy from iTunes here for $1.99, or at your favorite digital music store.
Half-handed Cloud, Thy is a Word & Feet Need Lamps Half-handed Cloud's third album features guitars, cellos, pianos, bassy/breathy church organs, woodwinds, brass, non-instrument sounds, an eight-person choir....
"A real gift for combining hummable melodies with avant-garde structure," The Onion
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