Crystal Castles

(however as the last remaining person to admit liking the first fischerspooner album i am not to be trusted.)

They're popular in the way that Justice are popular I think, you can't quite dismiss them as an internet fad, there's definitely a groundswell of something going on here, but it won't actually translate into selling many records.

The first people I know locally to go on & on about Crystal Castles were big Klaxons fans. The flyers for their nu-rave clubnight used Extreme Animals artwork without attributing it at all, heh.

i did not watch skins. but still a 'rule of' 3 purchase for me. i'm not sold on it, but a couple of tracks mean i will re-listen.

(but i did catch them actually being on skins, now i mention it!)

however as the last remaining person to admit liking the first fischerspooner album i am not to be trusted.)

-- tipsy mothra, Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:05 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark

i will admit to listening to a lot of 8-bit and gameboy music at the beginning of the decade but this crystal castles shit still sucks

These guys just aren't very good at dance music, sorry.

I kinda like some of the music. Don't love it or anything, but the noiser/screamy stuff is okay. After reading about the Trevor Brown business, though, just fuck them.

i will admit to listening to a lot of 8-bit and gameboy music at the beginning of the decade but this crystal castles shit still sucks

what are some 8-bit and gameboy groups??

God, why do chiptunes even exist. I see absolutely no redeeming value or merit of any kind in it. Even still, I can tolerate it, but Crystal Castles, hell no.

nostalgia maybe? it's the only music that makes me want to cry.

is it just that the singer has a vagina and is almost cute?

Charming! Real nice.

the vagina or the singer?

eyes lit
I want short breasts
I adore my boobs
nice breasts
in the summer
in to rub hands

always & forever

There's a Myspace site aggregating the various instances of alleged theft:

http://www.myspace.com/crystaltheft

lol timbaland listens to these dudes

what is the delayed English kids chatter in 'Air War' from?

It's Alice reading from Ulysses in a funny voice.

Alice is hawt amirite?

yep, n hxc

nope. they both look rubbish:

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/2395824/Crystal+Castles+teaser_291.jpg

http://www.greencine.com/images/static/moonraker_jaws.jpg

id still drop a load off in her

id crystallize her castle

that one was also sexual

wish she'd bit my 8

she kind a reminds me of karen o in the 'inexplicably lusted after indie chick' stakes.

hey, you're on the internet talking about famous people you wouldnt have sex with

sadtrombone.wav

http://idolator.com/5245692/crystal-castles-still-brawlin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMmkHf4qE9Q

Crystal Castles at Sonar. Apparently they blew their speakers while performing which made Alice berserk. She punches a security guard and starts tearing apart the drum set. The kick drum lands on the sound engineers legs as he tries to stop Alice from doing more stupid shit. At the end of the video it seems kath goes running into a fight with the sound engineer but it cuts off. Anyone was there to explain what happened?

duh hadn't clicked xpost above mine :P

Good things come to people who have no patience: After today's leak, Crystal Castles have bumped up the release of their second album (also self-titled) to tomorrow.

Gotta say, I'm a little disappointed that they've apparently decided they're too cool for videogame sound effects. That they blatantly ripped off the chiptune scene that they claimed to have no idea existed. But that's sorta besides the point when their songs were so fucking great.

http://www.american.com/archive/2010/february/soul-music

I stopped listening to them because of their ongoing assholishness - we're all assholes some or a lot of the time but these guys take it too goddamn far, there's enough other good music that I'll be fine if I miss out on a good CC jam because of my reactionary stance

I don't miss the video-game sounds at all; there's so much else going on with their sound that they don't need to fall back on that gimmick.

I stopped listening to them because of their ongoing assholishness - we're all assholes some or a lot of the time but these guys take it too goddamn far, there's enough other good music that I'll be fine if I miss out on a good CC jam because of my reactionary stance

I understand the sentiment, because I hear it all the time from friends who refuse to listen to Kanye West, but those people are missing out on fantastic music.

yeah if there was a fantastic music shortage & CC wasn't being dicks to people I know personally to be stand-up dudes, it might be one thing - but really, "missing out on fantastic music" just makes room for more fantastic music, so fuck listening to these assholes no matter how good their records are imo

like, the bigger issue here is: they work within a subculture. kanye west being a loose cannon, who cares, all the people he's actively making trouble for are also multi-millionaires. crystal castles relies on a community made up largely of people who work long hours for low pay to make it possible for touring bands to get paid for their work, and they routinely screw over the members of that community. the only possible recourse against such assholism, within the community, is to deny them the attention & money that enables them to continue. (I suppose one could also try to engage them and persuade them that fucking people over is wrong. Good luck.) missing out on their good music seems a small price to pay if in the exchange one increases the likelihood of such dickheads being driven from the community.

you could also download their album illegally and burn 50 copies and give them away to anyone you know who likes them before the album is released

but maybe i'm an asshole too idk

I agreed with that stance totally until I read http://www.pileup.com/babyart/blog/?p=201. It seems like dude was perfectly okay with their idea theft after they threw some $ his way. Dolla, dolla billz y'all.

deny them the attention & money that enables them to continue

Or just download their stuff for free, enjoy it, and stay away from them in a live setting. You've got about a 30% of them not showing up or Alice throwing an onstage temper tantrum and canceling the show anyway, so it works out for the best, really.

I think listening to it is still support - gotta hit 'em where it actually hurts by not listening. downloading & listening = "it doesn't matter how we treat people, you're still going to listen to our music"

(and also by not responding to attention-seeking behaviors obv. but too late on that call lol)

I know this ends up in an all-musicians-are-dicks-anyway classic argt btw so we ain't gotta really get into it, I just think in this case where the subculture within which they function actually has a choice about whether cc's behavior has consequences or not, everybody should opt for actually making a difference & not giving them coverage/bookings/etc

Why can't everyone be more like Andrew W.K.

...helping children blow things up?

He also helps them have fun and be safe while doing it!

the hired actor or the real andrew wk? http://walrusmusicblog.com/blog/the-andrew-w-k-from-the-i-get-wet-album-was-a-hired-actor/

Nooooo let's not go down that rabbit hole on this thread.

Really like most of this album, although I skip some tracks which are just too abrasive for too long (/too old).