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Alice Glass Parts Ways With Crystal Castles

Experimental electronic duo Crystal Castles have not released a full-length since 2012, but with today’s announcement, it unfortunately seems we won’t be seeing a followup. Alice Glass, vocalist of the duo, has revealed via Facebook she is departing the outfit, and thus, “this is the end of the band.” It’s quite the shock as the […]

Watch Crystal Castles’ “Untrust Us” Covered by a Children’s Choir

There are some things in life you never expect to see; seeing a children’s choir cover Crystal Castles is one of them. The electronic duo had one of their biggest hits, “Untrust Us,” covered the other day by the famous Capital Children’s Choir, a choir group in London who have worked with Britney Spears, Perez Hilton, […]

MUSIC VIDEO: Crystal Castles – “Affection”

Electronica duo Crystal Castles have unleashed their visuals for the song “Affection.” “Affection” takes us into a strange world of masks, distorted digital footage, and the uncertain world the two are living in currently. You can make your own judgements of the video and what it is trying to convey. This song comes off of […]

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MUSIC VIDEO: Crystal Castles – “Sad Eyes”

It feels like just yesterday those two little scamps Alice Glass and Ethan Kath got together and put out a third album of menacing bleeps and bloops as Crystal Castles. But the duo just put out the fourth music video for their 2012 album (III). *Teary-eyed sniffling* Oh, they grow up so fast. The video […]

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Crystal Castles Announce Spring Tour Dates

Crystal Castles will be heading out on tour in support of their third studio album, III, this spring. The tour will kick off in Miami as the band makes appearances at Miami’s Ultra Music Festival on March 15 and 25. After that, Crystal Castles will hit the road on April 17, beginning in Atlanta, Georgia. […]

Sounds Familiar: Week 6

Continuing our expansion of original content, Under The Gun Review presents its latest column, Sounds Familiar, dedicated to trawling the world and web for the latest remixes, redos, and reminiscent bits that our newest columnist Julia McAlpine finds appealing. Be prepared for some diversity in your music library. The songs may not be new, but they […]

MUSIC VIDEO: Crystal Castles – “Plague”

Crystal Castles never seem to disappoint and today they have unleashed the video for their single “Plague,” which can be seen here. The video shows a possessed lady flailing her arms around in a subway tunnel and then cuts to a girl in a ballet studio acting just as strange. “Plague” is off of Crystal […]

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Crystal Castles Announce November UK Tour

Crystal Castles announced that they will be heading out on a UK tour in November and UTG has the details. This run starts off at the Birmingham HMV Institute on November 22 and ends at the Manchester Academy on November 28. Tickets will go onsale on Friday (August 31) so be ready to snag up […]

UTG INTERVIEW: Lymbyc Systym

Lymbyc Systym is an experimentally, ambient instrumental duo from Tempe, Arizona consisting of brothers Jared and Michael Bell. Touring with bands such as The Album Leaf and Crystal Castles, Lymbyc Systym have been in the top ranks of the genre with their well-received releases and organic, original sound. UTG spoke with Jared Bell about the […]

Crystal Castles Planning New Album

Crystal Castles have announced, through the print edition of NME, that they are preparing to work on a brand new album in Croatia next month! CC’s own Ethan Kath stated that the record will be released “sometime this summer” and UTG is really looking forward to the material. He will produce this release as well. […]

Music video: “Not in Love”

Pitchfork posted the video for “Not in Love” remix by Crystal Castles & Robert Smith. Check out the video after the jump!

Crystal Castles perform on Kimmel

Crystal Castles stopped by Jimmy Kimmel to perform their song “Baptism” that can be viewed after the jump.