Crystal Castles have been hinting at a follow-up to 2010's self-titled album all year. Finally, we have details. (III), an album of what they've called "bleak" material, is out digitally November 5 ...

Crystal Castles have declared their love for the vocals of Cure frontman, Robert Smith. The duo explained how Smith's vocal technique on their 2010 collaboration 'Not In Love' heavily influenced their ...

One look over the tracklist for Crystal Castles’ third album, which features the titles “Plague,” “Sad Eyes” and “Child I Will Hurt You,” should be enough to reassure any listener that the electronic ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. You’ve got to hand it to Crystal Castles. It’s not easy to be relentlessly macabre ...

The new album from Canadian electro-punk duo Crystal Castles is the group’s least vicious so far. The record throbs on dark, wistful grooves and off-kilter synth screeches, but doesn’t quite go for ...

Bleep Bloop. It’s kind of a genre, but not quite — more a category of music classified by the ever-enigmatic Carles of Hipster Runoff, the sardonic king of his own blogging universe. Much like his ...

When Crystal Castles staggered onto the music scene with their debut in 2008, one of their most captivating qualities was the bipolar nature of their music. A danceable eight-bit sensibility framed ...

Shortly after bringing you Crystal Castles‘ “Sad Eyes,” we’ve got a full stream of the album available for your listening pleasure/any seances you might be having that also call for big beats. Though ...

CRYSTAL Castles do not break their own mould on this third album but then the Canadian electro-punk duo never exactly blended in to the mass market. On the imaginatively titled III – the follow up to ...

I know what the phrase "nose to the grindstone" really means but, for me, it also pretty much describes the aural experience of listening to a Crystal Castles album: a close-up, abrasive, electronic ...