Castanets is an experimental one-man band from San Diego composed of Raymond Raposa and any number of session musicians brought on for his albums and performances. The music has been described as gothic country, avant-garde indie, psychedelic neo-folk, and a slew of other labels. Fundamentally, the music of Castanets is built on the clash between traditional music styles (folk, country) and modern intuition (avant-garde, psychedelia).
For several years, Raymond spent his time traveling the USA by bus and distributing CD-R copies of his music. Castanets has since released two albums, 2004's Cathedral and 2005's First Light's Freeze, both on Sufjan Steven's Asthmatic Kitty label.
| Sat, Jul 04, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Garden Bowl | Detroit, MI |
| Sun, Jul 05, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Russian Recording | Bloomington, IN |
| Mon, Jul 06, 2009 | 8:00 PM | Skylab Gallery | Columbus, OH |
| Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | 8:00 PM | Soundlab | Buffalo, NY |
| Wed, Jul 08, 2009 | 8:00 PM | Middle East-Upstairs | Boston, MA |
| Fri, Jul 10, 2009 | 7:00 PM | CAKESHOP | New York, NY |
| Sat, Jul 11, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Silent Barn | Brooklyn, NY |
| Sun, Jul 12, 2009 | 7:00 PM | PHILADELPHIA PA TBA | Philadelphia, PA |
| Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | 8:00 PM | SONAR AND TALKING HEAD CLUB AT SONAR | Baltimore, MD |
| Tue, Jul 14, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar | Charlottesville, VA |
| Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Nightlight | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | 9:00 PM | The World Famous Milestone | Charlotte, NC |
| Fri, Jul 17, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Pilot Light | Knoxville, TN |
| Sun, Jul 19, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Basement | Nashville, TN |
| Mon, Jul 20, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Bottletree Cafe | Birmingham, AL |
| Thu, Jul 23, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Rudyards | Houston, TX |
| Fri, Jul 24, 2009 | 7:00 PM | The Mohawk | Austin, TX |
| Sat, Jul 25, 2009 | 7:00 PM | "Bashriprocks" in Lubbock | Lubbock, TX |
| Sun, Jul 26, 2009 | 7:00 PM | TBA | Albuquerque, NM |
| Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Modified Arts | Phoenix, AZ |
| Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | 7:00 PM | The Casbah | San Diego, CA |
| Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | 9:00 PM | Spaceland | Los Angeles, CA |
| Fri, Jul 31, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Hemlock Tavern | San Francisco, CA |
| Sat, Aug 01, 2009 | 7:00 PM | The Crepe Place | Santa Cruz, CA |
| Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | 8:00 PM | Worksound | Portland, OR |
| Wed, Sep 23, 2009 | 8:00 PM | Walters On Washington | Houston, TX |
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