Waking up to a brand new track from Crystal Castles is a great way to start the day. I’m assuming “Plague” will appear on the (hopefully) soon-to-be-released third LP from the duo, but I can’t confirm anything at this point. As a little bonus, new remixes of “Doe Deer” and “Untrust Us” dropped earlier this week as well. Enjoy all three tracks below and stay tuned for more.
2012 just got bit more fantastic.
The lo-fi, electronic duo that is Crystal Castles (Alice Glass & Ethan Kath), are working on their third LP. In an interview with NME’s print edition, Kath confirmed that the duo will begin work on the new record this month, with an expected release date of “sometime this Summer”. Seeing as how the first two LPs were both self-titled, i’m gonna go out on a limb and guess they’ll continue this trend.
In other Crystal Castles news, the duo is among the first acts to be confirmed for this year’s Lovebox festival, along with Hot Chip, Friendly Fires, Little Dragon, Penguin Prison, Azealia Banks (check the complete lineup here). Lovebox 2012 runs July 15-17 in London’s Victoria Park.
♪ Crystal Castles//Courtship Dating (from Crystal Castles I)
UPDATE: (III) Tracklist
01 Plague
02 Kerosene
03 Wrath of God
04 Affection
05 Pale Flesh
06 Sad Eyes
07 Insulin
08 Transgender
09 Violent Youth
10 Telepath
11 Mercenary
12 Child I Will Hurt You
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Coachella 2011 has passed and it was amazing…or at least that’s what i’ve been told. You see, while all my friends and the music outlets I pay attention to were enjoying the abundant musical offerings, while melting in the desert, they were also constantly updating their facebook, twitters, blogs, etc. and letting everybody else know how much fun they were having.
I really wanted to go this year and there were handful of bands that I was really looking forward to experiencing live — Animal Collective, Phantogram, Duck Sauce, Crystal Castles, The New Pornographers…just to name a few.
Now I can’t complain too much. The reason I was unable to attend Coachella was because I was in New Orleans for work, but it still stung being constantly reminded of the good times and tunes I was missing out on. So, I decided to dedicate this weeks mixtape to the bands I wanted to see most at Coachella 2011.
(Disclaimer: I’m only including bands/artists I have never seen live, hence the absence of Arcade Fire and others)
Animal Collective – For Reverend Green
More Animal Collective.
Crystal Castles – Violent Dreams
More Crystal Castles.
Cut Copy – Lights and Music (Moullinex Remix)
More Cut Copy. More Moullinex.
Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand
More Duck Sauce.
The New Pornographers – Moves (video)
More New Pornographers.
Phantogram – When I’m Small (RAC Mix)
More Phantogram. More RAC.
Robyn – Dancing On My Own (Fred Falke Remix)
More Robyn. More Fred Falke.
If you’re a fan of dark britpop, be sure to listen to KCRW today (1/24) at 11:15 AM (PST) for a live studio performance by White Lies. And if you haven’t already, pick up the band’s latest release, Rituals, the follow up to one of 2009’s best albums, To Lose My Life…
White Lies – Death (Crystal Castles remix)
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p.s. White Lies also just released a FREE mp3 that’s a live version of the new single Bigger Than Us. Grab it here and spread the word.
