Stereogum — Crystal Castles played their first show following Alice Glass’s departure today at Johannesburg’s SoundsWild fest. Prior to the show, the band posted the above picture on their official Facebook, seemingly revealing the identity of mysterious new... more info

Stereogum — About a year ago, Alice Glass announced her departure from Crystal Castles, and both she and Ethan Kath shared antagonistic statements about each other. Somewhat surprisingly, Kath decided to continue the band without Glass, and he’s released two s... more info

Stereogum — Yep, that’s right, it’s already time to start thinking about SXSW again. The musical portion of the festival is coming to Austin next year from 3/15-3/20, and the first round of performers has just been announced. Pretty much the only legitimatel... more info

Stereogum — Alice Glass has shared her first solo song following her departure from Crystal Castles last year. It’s called “Stillbirth,” and will be self-released as a single on 7/18 (tomorrow), with all proceeds from the digital purchase of the song going... more info

Stereogum — Ethan Kath has shared the second song from the Alice Glass-less iteration of Crystal Castles. The first was “Frail” back in April, which kicked off the whole credit controversy between Kath and Glass. The new one is called “Deicide,” which is... more info

Stereogum — Looks like the Crystal Castles beef is officially ON. Yesterday, the band’s producer/instrumentalist Ethan Kath released a new song called “Frail” under the Crystal Castles moniker, and in the process, slagged off former bandmate/singer Alice G... more info

Stereogum — Yesterday, Crystal Castles released a new song, “Frail” — which came as something of a shock, as the band’s vocalist, Alice Glass, announced her departure from the group last year, causing many people to believe Crystal Castles were done for ... more info

Stereogum — A new Crystal Castles song called “Frail” surfaced today, which was a surprise considering the duo of Alice Glass and Ethan Kath broke up last October. Pitchfork reported when Kath added a statement to the song’s SoundCloud description confirmi... more info

Stereogum — Toronto quartet Programm have shared a video for the title track off their upcoming debut EP Like The Sun, produced by Alexandre Bonenfant (METZ, Crystal Castles, Diamond Rings). It’s a rich, lushly spaced track with simple drum sequencing, low-end... more info

Stereogum — It’s understandable if you forgot (or never knew) who HEALTH are: the Los Angeles noise rock group was named a Band To Watch all the way back in 2007, and their biggest claim to fame now is for coming up around the same time as Crystal Castles (R.I... more info