Summer is ending! And you have some work to do. Did you experience that season-defining moment? That rooftop conversation, that carefree weekend of intense interpersonal bonding? Did you find the…   Read Story »

Yesterday, Crystal Castles let loose their "Plague," and today the band revealed to NME that, indeed, a new, as-of-yet-untitled album is on the way (I think we can make a pretty good guess at the…   Read Story »

Crystal Castles don't like us to know what they're doing. They play live in disorienting strobe-lit darkness, and they release MP3s on the internet without giving us any idea what they're planning on…   Read Story »

Last weekend, Crystal Castles brought their blood-garglingly awesome live show to Manchester's Parklife Festival, debuting an as-yet-untitled new track that sounds like it belongs at a zombie…   Read Story »

Alice Glass vogues hard in the new clip for "Suffocation," in which the Crystal Castles frontwoman holds down an abandoned NYC mansion. The video is directed by bandmate Ethan Kath. Check it out at…   Read Story »

If you're a Muse or My Chemical Romance fan, I feel sorta bad for you, but today's your lucky day: The bands are headlining this summer's Reading & Leeds Festivals. The (not so) resurgent Strokes and…   Read Story »

The Belle & Sebastian-curated ATP Bowlie 2 took place earlier this week (December 10-12) at Butlins Holiday Centre, Minehead. (In 1999 B&S curated The Bowlie Weekender, which ultimately…   Read Story »

Alice Glass brought a red lollipop and the rag-doll energy of the "Baptism" video for a performance of the track last night on Jimmy Kimmel. (Unfortunately Ethan left his Japanese sex mask at home.)…   Read Story »

Back again with another monthly mix which, per its title, you should continue to expect monthly. We're glad you guys enjoyed the last installment, and thoroughly appreciate the feedback. In case you…   Read Story »

I surprise myself (repeatedly) by how much I like Crystal Castles's second album. (It'll be on that endless year-end list of mine, surrounded by metal, sludge, noise, various bleak, icy things.) But…   Read Story »