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The National Plan Grateful Dead Cover Album

The National spoke with Spinner during Coachella about plans for a Grateful Dead covers album for charity....  read more

The Strokes to Headline Sweetlife Festival

The Sweetlife Festival announced their 2011 lineup. The Strokes are set to headline....  read more

Duran Duran, Moby, Will.i.am, Many More Join Ultra Music Festival

Ultra music festival announced its second round of performers today for the Miami, Fla. electronic music festival. Duran Duran, Underworld, Moby, will.i.am, Armin van Buuren, and more join already-announced acts !!!, Cut Copy, Crystal Castles, Empire of the Sun, Deadmau5, Tiesto, David Guetta and Chemical Brothers. Ultra music festival takes place March 25-27 in Miami’s Bicentennial Park....  read more

Crystal Castles Reveal 2011 North American Tour Dates

As the Canadian dance fiends wrap up a European tour, Crystal Castles are prepping to infect North America with boogie fever come spring....  read more

Crystal Castles: Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles’ second offering trades pleasureful pain for painful pleasure Crystal Castles self-titled debut LP was an album that would send fans of “serious music” for the hills, chased by a barrage of screeching Atari noise, uneven beat explosions and vocalist Alice Glass’ unearthly and oft-horrifying lupine scream. Explosive jigsaw tracks like “xxzxcuzx Me” and “Alice Practice” sounded like each of your brain cells was an alarm clock going off at quarter-second intervals. It was the stuff of tweakers’ daydreams and 8-year-olds’ nightmares....  read more

Crystal Castles Prep for Summer Tour

Atari-sampling duo Crystal Castles has been making waves of late with its robotic dance sound. Now, the band is about to start making moves with a summer full of tour dates around the U.S. and Europe. After a June and July packed with festival dates, Crystal Castles will begin their tour in earnest with a gig in Oakland, Calif., in August....  read more

Shop Talk: Sleigh Bells' Good Bad Music

Last year, Wired editor Robert Capps wrote an article called The Good Enough Revolution in which he argued that your average tech consumer now prefers cheap, simple, sharable products over "quality" gadgets—Google Docs to feature-laden software, easy-to-use video cameras to hi-def camcorders, MP3s to CDs. He cited a study in which Stanford professor Jonathan Berger asked his students each year over six years to rate the musical medium they preferred; as the aughts progressed, an increasing number of them preferred MP3s. Capps suggested that, with music in particular, we not only prefer the ease of the digital format, but we...  read more

All Points West 2009 Day Two: White Rabbits, ...Trail of Dead, St. Vincent, Kool Keith, Neko Case and More

“New York’s a pretty cool place,” lisped Tool’s Maynard Keenan from the All Points West main stage...  read more

Bonnaroo 2009: Phoenix, Crystal Castles, Girl Talk

My personal Bonnaroo setlist this year has taken a turn for the electronic. Last year's experience was steeped in folk and good ole' guitar rock, but so far, it's been a non-stop dance party this time around. Sometimes these musical selections feel a little odd at a festival known for its hippie garb and vegan fare, but I've noticed a strong following of young folks who want to pulsate to blaring techno beats until the wee hours of the morning. And last night, I pulsated with the best of 'em....  read more

CMJ 2008: PasteMD's guide to CMJitis

Did CMJ hit you as hard as it hit us? Did the constant barrage of free schwag, buzz bands and draft beer push you over the edge? Are you suffering from a case of the dreaded CMJitis? If you're unsure, check out our handy symptom guide. ...  read more