The best castanets may vary from person to person, depending on each individual’s needs, but it’s not hard to miss a nice pair of castanets when you see them. While most castanets have a few things in ...

“The core of the Castanets is the lyrical and musical talent of Raymond Raposa. With the help of some of San Diego’s finest, including members of Tristeza, Pinback, Rocket from the Crypt, and ...

Time Capsule is a weekly feature series where Paste writers revisit albums that came out before the magazine was founded in July 2002 and reassess their cultural or personal importance. Time, ...

There’s an arid, sweltering ache about Jessica Lea Mayfield’s music that recalls Will Oldham’s early material. Darkness creeps from the corners and desperation pools beneath her leaking heart, but she ...

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Last year Ray “Castanets” Raposa, joined the upper ranks of DIY singer-songwriters by releasing his third straight near-perfect LP, In the Vines, a spooky, strange collection of songs that has critics ...

Castanets commanding and enticing, sleek black gowns, ruffled white gowns, gowns with all the colors of a peacock’s tail—with these to Manhattan last week returned Dancer Argentina (real name: Antonia ...