Tag Archives: Crystal Castles

Concert Review: M.I.A. Plagued With Issues at Pittsburgh, PA Live Show, Comes Out On Top! – Stage AE 4/28/2014

Recently, I went to a Cults show where guitarist Brian Oblivion was visibly aggravated. Throughout the set, his mic was inaudible, Madeline Follin’s vocals were lost in the layers of guitar effects, and before their set a freezing crowd stood … Continue reading

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Concert Review: 5/09/2013 Crystal Castles – Mr. Smalls Pittsburgh, PA

Ethan Kath of Crystal Castles walked past me at Mr. Smalls venue before their Pittsburgh, PA show. It’s true. Pictureplane had just finished his opening set and it happened. No one noticed. No one flinched or bothered to take a second glance. It … Continue reading

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Crystal Castles Release “Affection” Music Video & “Sad Eyes” Remixes

On Friday, Crystal Castles unveiled a music video for “Affection” from their third record, appropriately titled (III).  Inside the two and a half minute track, we see backward fireworks, live looking shots, experimental VHS play, and a whole lot of Ethan and Alice. … Continue reading

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2020k’s Top 40 Songs of 2012: Part One – Songs 40-21

With doomsday approaching in just a few days, I decided to start compiling a definitive list of songs released during the last twelve months of humanity as we know it. Last year, 2020k easily released the Top 20 songs of … Continue reading

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Album Review: Crystal Castles – (III)

The cover of Crystal Castles‘ third record (III) features an emotional portrait captured by photojournalist Samuel Aranda, of a woman named Fatima Al-Qaws holding her son Zayed, in Yemen, after he was exposed by tear gas during a street demonstration in the latter quarter of … Continue reading

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Sine Wave: Crystal Castles are Releasing Their Third Album in November

Obviously from Facebook. That’s all… How excited are you? More importantly, how much money are you placing on it being called Crystal Castles? Check out “Plague” below & our tidbit on it, which was released on the band’s Soundcloud back … Continue reading

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Crystal Castles Offers “Plague” As Free Download

Crystal Castles uploaded a new track to their Soundcloud for free download called “Plague”. Unknowing to what this belongs to, though they’ve performed it live several times, it sounds as if “Plague” was recorded during the Crystal Castles II recording sessions and … Continue reading

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Infrasound: Kinesthetiac – Fields of Thought

Indiana based Jared VanMatre, better known under the moniker Kinesthetiac was born in 1997 and has released a slew of ambitious chill out/downtempo Electronic music in the underground, independent music music scene. Filled with evolving melodies, driving percussion samples, and do-it-yourself programming, … Continue reading

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Dynamic Range Day 2012 – #DRD12: Why Quality Matters

Mastering engineer Ian Shepard (Tricky, Deep Purple, The Orb) owns DynamicRangeDay.co.uk annually hosts and spreads an awareness day about the Loudness wars that have begun sweeping over the music industry. This year, it falls on March 16th, 2012 and since … Continue reading

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Crystal Castles Display Longevity For Their Sophomore Album With The Premiere Of “Suffocation” Video

We were originally in denial when Crystal Castles started posting screen shots of their new video “Suffocation”. Their sophomore album Crystal Castles (II) has been available on the market since April 23rd, 2010 and three singles had already been released … Continue reading

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