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In a slight deviation from tradition, this post provides an insight into those tracks that were most loved by visitors to The Hype Machine’s site as an appetiser before the Devil unveils his favourite tracks of the year later this week. The top 20 was spread fairly evenly throughout the year with only February and March not having a track included in the top 20. It is also a fairly...
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On television, a single British man and a married American woman have fallen in love with each other’s Second Life avatar. On the internet, forum-coordinated clans of child hackers are in pitched cyberwar against a Hollywood celebrity cult. On the stereo is Crystal Castles. Disco songs with cold hearts and dead eyes, battered keyboards and vintage arcade games cracked open and pulled apart...
Crystal Castles and the Gorilla VS. Bear-championed VEGA, as well as The Grenada Theater in Dallas, have found themselves in a he said/she said war of words today after Crystal Castles kicked VEGA off last night’s bill and eventually cancelled the entire show. Accusations of theft, poor sound and prima-donnary (wha?)…You can read all about it at GvB, including what Crystal Castles...
Telepathe photo by Nicole Blommers There are omens that this is going to a good night. Having a quiet drink before the gig I spend quite some time watching two Portuguese bar staff inveigle a customer to help them attach two life size fake magpies to the light fittings. As you do. Heading into the venue I am lucky to catch a short and chaotic set from Pens, three girls (Amelia, Helen &...
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///////TRUST///\\US\\\\ Further news of Crystal Castles’ sophomore album hit the web a couple of days ago and already a bunch of new tracks (apparently from a demo copy of the album) have hit the blogs. You can stream about half the album on Hype Machine, linked from a number of different sources. From listening to the few songs made public it sounds like Crystal Castles...
Gavin: A lot happened in 2008. It seems so long ago now. Like any blog worth it’s salt and peppa though, we have decided to put together our best/worst gigs and albums of the year and used our clever little thinking boxes in our heads to have a guess (/dictate?) who will be floating boats in the next twelve months or so. Have a read and put us in our place about your favourite...
Thanks to BIG STEREO and GvB for breaking this one. We reported on VEGA’s drama with the Crystal Castles show in Dallas not too long ago, but Alan Palomo, the man behind the project, is moving on. He’s releasing his new EP Well Known Pleasures on May 19th through Vogue College Records. This is some hook-heavy, Italo-disco-influenced synth pop that just feels so good. VEGA - No...
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Crystal Castles Reviews

Friendly Fires, White Lies and The Soft Pack packed out Radio Radio and likely gave Indianapolis their only chance to see some or all of these bands in a club setting. Next time around, they’ll probably all be playing much larger venues at a much higher price. You can tell the plans surrounding these bands are already focused on that likelihood. Their crew brought in loads of extra/...
EDITORS NOTE: About once a month the writers of the RSL get together and look through new projects, drink the finest of wines and shoot our mouths off about music and politics. (And have a pretty damn decent time, I must say!) We recently hosted a debate about the new album from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. What follows is the review of our own Nick Parker…. He defends the dramatic shift in sound...
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