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Toronto, Canada (2003 – present)

Crystal Castles is a Toronto based duo consisting of multi-instrumentalist Ethan Kath and vocalist Alice Glass. Named after the Crystal Castle from the She-Ra franchise, they formed in December 2003 as a project started by Kath. In April 2005, Glass recorded vocals for five original instrumentals by Kath. The band’s first single was recorded “accidentally”: a microphone test by Glass was released through MySpace as “Alice Practice” in September 2005. Glass was not aware that it had been used until record companies heard the song and contacted the duo to offer them record deals.

On March 18’th, 2008, Crystal Castles released a 16-track, self-titled debut LP. During the summer of 2008, they toured in support of Nine Inch Nails Lights in the Sky Over North America tour.

Crystal Castles are known not only for their own efforts as a band, but also for commissioned remixes for number of groups, including “Hunting For Witches” by Bloc Party, and “

Atlantis to Interzone” by friends and label mates, Klaxons.

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Top Tracks

1	Untrust Us	5,959
2	Alice Practice	5,935
3	Air War full track	5,370
4	Vanished	4,886
5	Magic Spells	4,825
6	Knights full track	3,915
7	Courtship Dating	3,631
8	1991	3,613
9	Good Time	3,570
10	Love and Caring	3,554
11	Crimewave (Crystal Castles VS Health) full track	3,385
12	xxzxcuzx me	3,274
13	Black Panther full track	3,037
14	Through The Hosiery	2,965
15	Crimewave full track	2,788

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ryanhamlett13 wrote:
2 hours ago

black panther.

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guebor wrote:
3 hours ago

CRIMEWAVE

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higginst wrote:
5 hours ago

god i wish they sucked so i could hate them

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hotpinkandlime wrote:
5 hours ago

<3

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CrystalCastless wrote:
6 hours ago

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DiffusionOfTime wrote:
10 hours ago

COURTSHIP DATING!!!

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oprimus wrote:
10 hours ago

Heres our review http://thefourohfive.com/2008/07/15/crystal-castles-crystal-castles/

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Redtape87 wrote:
12 hours ago

I love Crystal Castles

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qcardy wrote:
yesterday evening

horrible NME article...

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illmasta wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Hahaha this is a sad excuse for 8-bit. But hey, whatever's trendy. Enjoy the novelty, people.

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smokingshotgun wrote:
yesterday afternoon

i read the interview in NME (sad i know) but woahhh these guys are mental. damn right too

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CrystalCastless wrote:
yesterday morning

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PsychoBells wrote:
yesterday morning

i heard alice was a screamer in bed

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cian234 wrote:
Saturday evening

all day

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scandaluxo wrote:
Saturday evening

EU SOU O PRINCIPAL OUVINTE, SAIDAKI

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elephant6 wrote:
Saturday afternoon

"The death of nu-rave. The death of 8-bit. The death of indie. Crystal Castles forever. " What??? Electroclash has been going on for years. Crystal Castles haven't really started, acheived or accomplished anything.

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pinguini76 wrote:
Saturday morning

I'm fascinated with them, their sound is great!!!!!!!

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Moglyfrog wrote:
Saturday morning

Perfect again!!!!!!

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LeeSkitzoDancer wrote:
Saturday morning

who are all these strange people that don't like crystal castles? i can't even fathom that

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