CC & Robert Smith "Not In Love"

Crystal Castles II is a really, really good album. Part of what makes it so great is its accessibility. Perfectly timed with Halloween this weekend, take Robert Smith from The Cure and enter him into an already great song, "Not In Love" and what you have is an epic 80's take that takes this song to an entire new level. This is a must listen/download.

Crystal Castles : Not In Love (ft. Robert Smith)

New CC video...with Piggy masks?

This new Crystal Castles video for "Baptism" is pretty crazy/zany. The shooting is pretty cool, reminds me of an 80's video or something, especially the parts where Alice has double heads on screen...trippy. The part that confuses me though is Ethan seems to be playing the drums with some kind Piggy type mask on...? Is it supposed to look like a pig? It also kind of looks like some sort of Asian thing that I "don't really get". Weirdly, it kind of reminds me of the piggy mask from Saw...

...Not really though. That's a filthy swine. It most likely reminded me of this because Lightweight, The Undertaker, and I are in the process of indulging in a Saw binge. Regardless, it's pretty zany and I can dig that. Cool vid, great song. Crystal Castles (II) is out via Polydor Ltd.

Crystal Castles : Baptism (No Age Remix)

Crystal Castles : Baptism

Crystal Castles

Update. Crystal Castles have a new album out. This album is also called Crystal Castles. Kind of confusing.


The new album improves on their old album in every way possible. Crystal Castles seem to be causing quite a stir these days between the live show outbursts, artistic plagiarism, and show-canceling controversies they have developed a rather love/hate relationship with many people. There is no denying the entertainment that most definitely is a Crystal Castles live performance, but now they will be able to take their live show to the next level with the depth that some of the tracks from their new album have. Not many other bands can turn a ton of strobe lights and onstage thrashing into a captivating live show. Alice Glass and Ethan Kath have seemingly made the music to do so.


What makes this latest album even more impressive to me is the fact that Crystal Castles' first album was released near the end of a bloghouse/nu-rave/entry level electro. But now they have surpassed it, becoming indie world stars whose sound is renown. Their innovative sound that they have stayed true to since the beginning has begun to take large bounds towards becoming something very special indeed. This new album is very, very good.

Celestica - Crystal Castles

Baptism - Crystal Castles

Intimate - Crystal Castles