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Written by Alex Capes at 16:47 on May 8th, 2008

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Band of the moment, Crystal Castles, will be testing the structural integrity of Avalanche records in Glasgow for a free instore this Saturday.

Currently to be seen at venues across the UK on the NME New Noise Tour (along with UK glowstick noise mongers, Friendly Fires), the Canadian duo are hotly tipped by people who know to be the next big thing.

Their sound veers more towards the dark side of the current crop of talent, with influences such as New Order, Velvet Underground and the 8-bit Nintendo composers Yoshihiro Sakaguchi and Koji Kondo. They’ve also been prolific remixers, twiddling the knobs for Liars, Klaxons and Uffie.

Well worth a look if you’re in Glasgow this Saturday, not least because their current dates are all sold out. If you need further convincing check out the excellent shadowy video below for ‘Courtship Dating’ (Dir. Marc Pannozzo).

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Comments (2)

crystal castles have already lost all cred by lying that they knew nothing of the scene and chiptune artists that it’s now been proven that they sampled heavily

then they disrespec their fans by lying to the press about it.

http://www.pileup.com/babyart/blog/?p=130

or just google ‘crystal castles steal’

they do not support and they even abuse the Creative Commons license that Trent Reznor is so giddy about in suddenly his old age…he contradicts himself by allowing them on tour with him.

Written by dr ops - May 13, 2008 at 4:13 am
I love the sound of this band. I read some of the stuff about them ’stealing’ music but I’m not really convinced.

It sounds like they just misunderstood what ‘creative commons’ licenses mean. Easy mistake to make…don’t go disrespecting them!

Written by cc rider - May 13, 2008 at 9:09 am

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