Chorus.fm — *Crystal Castles (http://www.absolutepunk.net/crystalcastles)* plan to release a new album (http://beatsperminute.com/news/crystal-castles-plan-new-album-for-summer/) this summer. more info

Totally Fuzzy — PK are one of those young acts with the gift of sounding timeless and established, like they could've opened for David Bowie in 1981 or Death Cab for Cutie in 1999 or Foster the People in 2011. So it makes sense that they're now jamming a (f... more info

Guardian Music — Boasting a budget version of the wall of sound, James Bennett's music is haunted by the Spector of past pop erasHometown: Kirkby Lonsdale.The lineup: James Bennett (vocals, music).The background: A reader of this column recently bemoaned the lack of ... more info

Altsounds — *Mozart Parties* aka singer-songwriter *James Bennett* released his debut single this week on Merok Records (home to early releases from *Klaxons, Crystal Castles, Salem, Titus Andronicus* and *Teengirl Fantasy*). http://soundcloud.com/merokrecords... more info

Altsounds — The infamous *NME Awards Tour* is back for 2012 and ready to showcase the year's most exciting emerging music talent. Renowned for giving the freshest new acts their first taste of national notoriety – past alumni include Arctic Monkeys, T... more info

Guardian Music — The best of your comments on the latest films and musicOne article particularly captured readers' imaginations last week. It has since been translated into Portuguese for the Brazilian market, and circulated to the movers and shakers (and followers a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Bryan Bruchman The Rapture The Rapture, Crystal Castles & A-Trak played a show at DCTV firehouse in Chinatown on Saturday night (10/22). Here are some pictures from the dance party (hopefully you danced with that lineup!). They continue... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt Crystal Castles @ Terminal 5 in March Happening now:The New York Photo Festival's Fall invitational presents a selection of images that capture the powerful relationship between photography and music in all its forms, be it... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin As you may have heard, SPIN is throwing a Ray Ban-sponsored party in NYC Saturday night with the giant lineup that is the Rapture, Crystal Castles and A-Trak. They're giving away tickets through various methods. One... more info

Guardian Music — Some more messed-up pop from these east London blog favourites. Warning: video contains creepy crawlies …East London male-female duo Vision of Trees, aka Sara Atalar and Joni Juden, have been a blog staple since they started making music together i... more info