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Crystal Castles — Crystal Castles

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) March 18, 2008 4:51 pm
The hype machine's been in overdrive for a few months and it's finally time for this Toronto duo to show and prove. Are Crystal Castles going to be the next biggest band on Earth? With only this debut full-length as evidence, the answer is still "maybe." The problem with this self-titled effort, is that two very different bands showed up to make...
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Crystal Castles' Alice Glass Hospitalized With Broken Ankle

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 21, 2011 1:21 pm
If you've ever seen how crazy Alice Glass can get on stage at a Crystal Castles gig, then it's surprising she's never broken bones at a show before. Sure, she's suffered a concussion after being kicked in the head by riot police, but to our knowledge... no previously snapped twigs.Until now. DJ Ethan Kath says Glass broke her ankle some time...
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Video Of The Day: Crystal Castles' "Not In Love" (Featuring Robert Smith)

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 17, 2011 4:53 pm
Crystal Castles' video for their cover of Platinum Blonde's "Not In Love," featuring vocals from Cure frontman Robert Smith, is pretty much what you'd expect the visuals for the song to look like. It's a mix of The Cure's ethereal, pretty depressing mystery circa 1989's Disintegration (think "Fascination Street" in particular) and Crystal Castles...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 9, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 9, 2010 3:00 pm
The Black Lips are working with producer Mark Ronson on their next album, which should be out next year. Will it sound more soulful and less like pee-drenched proto-punk? Who knows. In the same interview, singer/bassist Jared Swilley discusses his father's recent coming out, saying he had no idea his dad was gay. —Creative Loafing A University Of...
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Robert Smith On Crystal Castles Single

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 25, 2010 11:35 am
Hipsters who have no idea who The Cure are: Crystal Castles are here to enlighten you.Cure frontman Robert Smith will appear on a different version of "Not In Love," Crystal Castles' upcoming new single from their Polaris Music Prize long listed sophomore self-titled album. Smith will sing on it, which means perhaps there'll be less screeching...
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I Read The News Today... For Oct. 21, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 21, 2010 1:35 pm
Looks like 102.1 The Edge and Dean Blundell are in some trouble again. The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council said Wednesday that comments Blundell made suggesting Justin Bieber was "gay" and that his fans were "likely 12 years old" violated part of the council's "equitable portrayal code" because they had "inappropriately sexualized children."...
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Video Of The Day: Crystal Castles' "Baptism"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 13, 2010 2:36 pm
Crystal Castles' clip for "Baptism" finds Alice Glass screaming her face off in front of a blue screen with images of burning houses, deers and babies. Meanwhile, Ethan Kath sports a sex mask and fiddles with his knobs... the ones on his turntable, of course. In all, this is pretty normal for the duo — except nobody's getting punched or hit...
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Crystal Castles Make List Of Toronto's "Most Huggable Douchebags"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 23, 2010 10:17 am
Crystal Castles singer Alice Glass might punch you or hit you in the face with her microphone, but it's all because she and bandmate Ethan Kath need hugs. Indeed, Crystal Castles have made Eye Weekly's new list of "Toronto's most huggable douchebags," which happens to be their cover story for this week's edition of the Toronto-based alt.weekly....
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 9, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 9, 2010 11:23 am
Arts & Crafts will reissue Captured Anthems For An Empty Bathtub, which will contain the two EPs by Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin's pre-Broken Social Scene band K.C. Accidental, on Oct. 26. It'll be available in double-LP and CD formats, as well as a digital download. —Arts & CraftsHedley will release a live CD/DVD, Go With...
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Daily Poll: Alice Glass Vs. Neko Case

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By CHARTattack Staff July 19, 2010 1:03 pm
Over the weekend, Crystal Castles singer Alice Glass dealt with being groped by allegedly punching a fan. This isn't the first time Glass has done something like this; last year, she allegedly smacked a fan with a microphone at a show.You might remember a couple weeks back when Neko Case threatened to "fuck up" a fan for throwing a...
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Crystal Castles — "Celestica"

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 22, 2010 4:59 pm
Crystal Castles' creepy video for "Celestica" places Alice Glass, dressed all in black, in a cemetery in the middle of the day, where children are playing and someone (for whatever reason?) has a violin. Ethan Kath shows up with his face painted, which also doesn't make much sense, but whatever. "Celestica" appears on...
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I Read The News Today... For June 8, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff June 8, 2010 2:32 pm
Marvin Isley, one of the Isley Brothers, who are known for such hits as "Shout" and "Fight The Power," died Sunday (June 6) in Chicago. —NME Crystal Castles have announced some American tour dates extending through September. That means you have even more chances to get hit in the face by Alice Glass' microphone. —Prefix...
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Crystal Castles — Crystal Castles

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 14, 2010 3:09 pm
Really, what is it about Crystal Castles that makes people go apeshit? It can't be their music. How have they succeeded at brainwashing so many people into liking them? Three tracks into the duo's sophomore release, things already feel tired. You start rolling your eyes, thinking, "Oh, great, here's more screeching vocals from Alice that...
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Sigur Ros Sampled On New Crystal Castles Record

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 12, 2010 2:38 pm
We had our copy of Crystal Castles' self-titled sophomore album on the office stereo this morning and were giving it a spin, when we heard a pretty familiar voice coming out of the speakers. No, it wasn't Alice Glass. It sounded a hell of a lot like Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi. Curious, we checked the liner notes and discovered that, yes, "...
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Crystal Castles — "Empathy"

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By CHARTattack Staff April 22, 2010 12:02 pm
Hipsters! Make note of the clothes people are wearing in Crystal Castles' new video for "Empathy." You're going to want to hunt them — or similar digs, at least — down at your nearest American Apparel, wear them to a CC show and annoy everyone around you. "Empathy" will appear on Crystal Castles' sophomore album, out digitally Friday (April 23)...
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Crystal Castles Bump Up Album Release After Leak

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 20, 2010 4:05 pm
Crystal Castles' self-titled sophomore album will be available earlier than its original June release date. Oh, wait — it already is. Some of you have probably downloaded a leaked copy that's circulating online. The Toronto duo have bumped up the album's release, and it will be digitally available (for a fee, of course) beginning Friday (April 23...
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Crystal Castles Releasing Vinyl-Only Single For Record Store Day

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 30, 2010 11:12 am
Hipsters, listen up! Crystal Castles will return next month with a super limited-edition vinyl-only single. "Doe Deer" comes out on April 17 through Fiction Records as part of Record Store Day. Only 500 copies of the 12-inch, one-minute-and-37-second single will be available and you won't be able to find it digitally, unless someone...
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