crystal castles remixed numerous groups including liars, goodbooks, the whip and most notably klaxons, adding their digital reverb to ‘atlantis to interzone’
"when we formed we wanted to piss people off," ethan told us backstage on the tour, "we thought we were making such weird music that no-one would ever like it".
last sunday in newcastle he was proved wrong again.
crystal castles destroy newcastle on the topman nme new noise tour, which saw support from friendly fires, team waterpolo and white lies.
topman nme new noise tour headliners crystal castles, whose movements have been shrouded in rumours since they arrived on our radar two years ago. stories have circulated that ethan is on the run from police, and that they were in an embarrassing glam rock band for several years.
crystal castles used their topman new noise tour set to give new track ‘exoskeleton’ a live outing. find out how the tour went down in this week’s nme magazine.
crystal castles have divided opinion on nme.com. one user thinks they sound "like the worst soundtrack for the worst video game ever" while another remarked that their album was "a highly original piece of work with fantastic tracks to back up the expansive sound". we gave it 8/10, and anyone who has witnessed their live show will testify to their genius.
nme cover stars crystal castles backstage on the topman nme new noise tour 2008 in newcastle last sunday (may 11). the band had to cancel some of their tour dates in march after alice broke her ribs in a car accident, but they were back on top form this week.
text by nme magazine
ph. tim cochrane
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