Tag: Crystal Castles

DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Grimes’ Exclusive Pop Manifesto Mix

Grimes (courtesy of The Pop Manifesto)As is always the case (see also: this entry from the xx), The Pop Manifesto has launched its latest issue alongside a killer exclusive mix, one that happens to be hosted by our current cover star Grimes.

Be sure to grab her swiftly-mixed set—featuring Katy B, New Order, Big Boi, Le Tigre and countless other crowd-pleasers—below, and check out the magazine’s ninth issue for Kindness’ first North American cover story and features on Printed Matter, 100% Silk and many other artists/organizations that all the cool kids will be talking about in six months or so…

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Arcade Fire, Kanye West, The Strokes, Joy Orbison, Lauryn Hill and Death From Above 1979 Among Coachella Confirmations

Death From Above 1979

Here’s the full lineup—Crystal Castles misspelling and all—via Coachella’s publicist…

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2010 IN REVIEW: A-Trak Reviews 25 of the Year’s Top Songs

Photos by Elizabeth Weinberg

When we sent Apache Beat singer Ilirjana Alushaj over to A-Trak‘s Brooklyn apartment to talk about the year’s top singles, we expected the discerning ear of a world class DJ. And we got just that. What he liked and loathed from self-titled‘s carefully curated playlist might surprise you, though…

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VIDEO: Watch Crystal Castles Frighten a Frigid ‘Jimmy Kimmel’ Audience With an Epileptic Rendition of “Baptism”

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2010 IN REVIEW: HEALTH’s Favorite Albums

Photo by Bryan Sheffield

Check out our complete year-end coverage here and read on for HEALTH‘s favorite 2010 records, as written by whoever handles their Twitter account (we think)…

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DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: New Tracks From The Go! Team, Nosaj Thing, Twin Shadow, Hooray For Earth and Crystal Castles

The Go! Team

For more free music, head here.

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TEST PRESSING: Robert Smith Shows Crystal Castles How It’s Done

So Crystal Castles has already leaked the “Not In Love” single we talked about yesterday…

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Robert Smith Helps Crystal Castles Rework “Not In Love” Single

Photo by Andrew Parks

Being on the same label as the Cure (Fiction Records)—and opening up for the goth-rock legends in London—has resulted in a Crystal Castles collab we’re not sure to welcome or wave away: a new version of the android ballad “Not In Love,” as fronted by Robert Smith himself. Due out December 6, the single will be rounded out by acoustic demos of “Suffocation” and “Celestica.”

Check out the original version of “Not In Love” after the jump… [FACT]

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MICROWAVE ONLY (UPDATED): So This Is What Passes As Hardcore Punk These Days, Isn’t It?

Photos by Turkishomework

Each week we send Turkishomework out to capture a sliver of our city’s blurred-vision nightlife. She had a hell of a time at Terminal 5 on Saturday night, too. And by that, we mean Crystal Castles’ repeated refusal to let accredited photographers near the stage whenever, and wherever, they play. (Here‘s another example: a temper tantrum that happened right in the front of Icelandic fans who didn’t know any better. In this case, Crystal Castles played an abbreviated set that ended in Alice Glass throwing a drum kit at the crowd—a move that would have gotten her in hot water, had it happened in North America. And in the case of last night, Turkishomework literally climbed a pole to snap the following shots.)

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PEEP SHOW: Crystal Castles, “Celestica”

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