Music Mule — What? Crystal Antlers + Three Trapped Tigers Crystal Antlers are from California and they’ve been busting their balls playing all over the place on this, their first European tour. They play punky prog rock (don’t be scared) and they pl... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Chairs: "If You Were a Murderer" [mp3] from Laugh, It's a Fright (out March 17th) other Chairs posts at Largehearted Boy Crystal Antlers: "Andrew" [mp3] from Tentacles (out April 7th) other Crystal Antlers... more info

Radio Exile — No, literally. Crystal Antlers‘ label, Touch & Go, has decided that we all should get a tasty sample of their forthcoming album, Tentacles. Sure, it won’t be “The Long Beach crew splashed on the scene with their much-heralded EP in 2008, and... more info

Stereogum — Long Beach sextet Crystal Antlers' forthcoming Tentacles will ostensibly be the last new album released by Touch & Go. If that indeed proves to be the case, it's not a bad way to go out: Tentacles is a baker's dozen fuzzed, sweaty, and swinging psych... more info

Altsounds — *'Tentacles*', the hotly anticipated debut album from *Crystal Antlers* will be released on April 6th (Europe) via the stalwart indie label Touch and Go Records, home to CocoRosie, Ted Leo, The Jesus Lizard, and many others. Recorded and mixed on... more info

DrownedInSound — A few weeks back DiS inducted nine bands into our Class Of 2009, and spent some words on explaining why you should love them. Remember? Well, ever since our crack team of snappers have been trailing some of said bands around the capital. more info

Guardian Music — Chicago-based record label Touch and Go, an indie institution that brought TV On the Radio, Slint and Calexico into the world, has announced they are closing their distribution business and scaling back their release of new music."It is with great sa... more info

Pitchfork — It's a very, very sad day for indie rock. One of America's foremost independent record labels, Touch and Go Records, has announced that they will no longer release new music. They have also shuttered their distribution arm, which manufactured and bro... more info

Pitchfork — Anyone who rented Vicky Christina Barcelona shouldn't be hurting for excuses to jump on a plane to Spain, but we're giving you one anyway. Last month, we announced that Pitchfork would curate a stage at this summer's Primavera Sound Festival, which ... more info

XLR8R — The past year has seen an onslaught of “Crystal” bands, but it’s easy to remember that Crystal Antlers are the one band in the bunch that rocks. Crafting a unique brand of organ-drenched punk, Crystal Antlers are further anchored b... more info