Vivian on 28/2/2008 at 16:56
I've been getting really into this band for about 9 months now, and while I'm annoyed that they've appeared on
skins (annoying british take on the OC with added drugtalk, for those not in the country or the know) I feel that not enough of the really cool people (i.e you guys, my face is straight) know whats up. They consist of a monged looking canadian called Ethan and his home-made 8-bit keyboard and a hot pixie-faced harpy called Alice that bounces around the stage shreiking semi-coherently and looking incredibly happy about that. More importantly, they sound like a cross between a broken 1980's arcade machine, techno as heard through about ten inches of mud, cylob in happy pop music-mode and hardcore.
I have been to see them live three times now and they rock twice as hard as anyone I've seen for ages (including the melvins) - it's comic seeing ethan plug in what looks like a shoebox with a bunch of resistors and chips stuck in the back of it and proceed to make more noise than a retard god while Alice prances around like tank girl sticking a strobe-lamp in her own and everyone elses face.
They have an album coming out next month, I think? Anyway, they sound in the same vein as 8-bit shmup music put through the grinder, so I though they might be up some people here's alleys.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEc3PVCdndg&feature=related) Heres youtube of
love and caring, currently my favourite
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http://www.myspace.com/crystalcastles) Heres Myspace page
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http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=218743234) myspace page of celebrity remixes what they have done
Matthew on 28/2/2008 at 16:59
I've heard the name mentioned with increasing regularity but hadn't actually gotten around to listening to them at all. Thanks for the links, I'll give them a go.
piano-sam on 29/2/2008 at 23:08
Man, she'd have to be hot, because that voice is an abomination. The music was good, and I liked how epileptic the video was.
