Broken Social Scene Bonus EP

Just found out that Broken Social Scene decided to release a bonus digital EP! Its called Lo-Fi For The Dividing Nights, it accompanies all pre-orders of Forgiveness Rock Record, and it has ten tracks! So preorder Forgiveness Rock Record, fool!

Broken Social Scene - MS|OS

Record Store Day Crystal Castles Release

Today is record store day, and bands are dropping special albums all over the country. Crystal Castles got into the spirit of things by releasing Doe Deer, and we here at the cheetah managed to stumble over a few decent quality radio rips of the single itself and B-Side Celestica.

Celestia is an airy, almost dreamy cut from Crystal Castles, and in sharp contrast to Doe Deer, which is a pounding and aggressive track, maybe one of the most aggressive things I've heard from the band.

The thing which is immediately noticeable about both tracks it seems that they rely significantly less on the tinny, 8-bit aesthetic that was so defining about their first album - although that may be a result of the rips.

Anyways, these tracks do have me pumped to see what the band can do with a second album, and makes me absolutely positive that I will need to see them as soon as possible.

Crystal Castles - MS|OS

Crystal Castles - Doe Deer

Crystal Castles - Celestica

Crystal Castles Gets Title/Album Cover

This is the cover art for Crystal Castles' new album. It will be called Crystal Castles. It will come out on June 7th. I am pumped.

This is the track list -

Crystal Castles

01 Fainting Spells

02 Celestica

03 Doe Deer

04 Baptism

05 Year of Silence

06 Empathy

07 Suffocation

08 Violent Dreams

09 Vietnam

10 Birds

11 Pap Smear

12 Not in Love

13 Intimate

14 I Am Made of Chalk

Crystal Castles - MS|OS

Crystal Castles - Trash Hologram (Zelenka Remix)

Crystal Castles - Trash Hologram (Zelenka Dark Dub)

Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles is releasing a new album this year - their first since their self titled EP came out in 2008. For the uninitiated, Crystal Castles is an expermental electronic noise act with Ethan Kath bringing the unassuming yet driving beats and Alice Glass providing the insane vocals and stage presense. I saw them open for Metric back in 2007 and an extremely drunk Alice Glass proceeded to destroy the Showbox and make Crystal Castles the only act Ive ever seen the Showbox stop halfway when she jumped on top of Metric's drum kit.

On top of all that, I was blown away by their music - once described as "8-bit terror," it is absolutely one of the most infectious electronic sounds Ive ever heard - I actually spent a good part of winter 2007 obsessed with their music, and a huge part of summer 2009 listening to "Black Panther" on repeat endlessly.

To prep their album, on April 17th the band will release what is being billed as their comback single "Doe Deer," an "abrubtly to-the-point one minute and thirty seven riot of brutally modernist, white noise punk power," according to steroboard.

Awesome.

Until then enjoy this great remix of my fav, "Black Panter", and this excellent recently upped mastered version of Midnight Consipiracy's remix of Crystal Castle's original breakout track, Crimewave. Which, course, was a remix of HEALTH's Crimewave. A remix of a remix of a heavily sampled track. I love it.

Crystal Castles - Crimewave (Midnight Consipracy Remix) Offical HARD Tour Release

Crystal Castles - MS|OS

Crystal Castles - Crimewave (Midnight Consipracy Remix)

Crystal Castles - Black Panther (Story of Issac Remix)