“People are always saying, ‘Man, you must smoke a lot of reefer,’” says Lowlights’ Dameon Lee, laughing. “But I’m like, ‘No, I pretty much quit that in high school.’” Back up there a second… this admission coming from a guy who’s made two of the most stoner country albums to hit shelves since the dissipation […]
Brian J. Barr
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Wandering Spirit
Castanets’ Sonic Dispersion
Like a good insomniac, Raymond Raposa has a psychic anchor at 4 am. While most people are either curled fetal under blankets or hauling recycling bins to the curb, Raposa is awake and busy, crafting folk songs that bear the weary creak of an old cabin floor. “I’m up sometimes around then,” says Raposa. “‘Cause […]
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Thunderous Applause
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s Indie Fever Pitch
Early this summer, word spread like wildfire among the musical elite (read: internet geeks) about