DrownedInSound — Electronic-glitch-out-8-bit-whatever specialists Crystal Castles have announced a slightly less-than-generous smattering of tour dates, which includes just the ONE show in the UK. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

NME — Ethan and Alice set to return in April more info

Gigwise — Tickets go on sale tomorrow... more info

Guardian Music — Skins seems to be the only show actively trying to break new music in the UK. If more followed its example, there wouldn't just be X Factor finalists and Glee cast members ruling the chartsThere's no question that The X Factor is one of the most powe... more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: With Let's Go To WarToronto's groove freedom fighters Let's Go To War release their new single “Life We Live” on January 25th with an album to follow in the Spring. Both are released on Last Gang Records, the home of Cry... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Brooklyn: cesspool of indie creativity and the stomping grounds of a seriously potent pipeline o' talent. Most cities have their day in the musical spotlight and then it moves elsewhere around America, yet Brooklyn could be the focal point of an ent... more info

MTV.com News — Gaga's Miami show is one of the hottest bills in the country.By Gil Kaufman Lady Gaga Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage It's fitting that MTV's Woman of the Year is going to cap off a tremendous 2009 by playing one of the most anticipated New Y... more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: Toronto's groove freedom fighters Let's Go To War release their new single “Life We Live” on January 25th with an album to follow in the Spring. Both are released on Last Gang Records, the home of Crystal Castles, MSTRK... more info

Spinner.com — Canadian music in 2009 continued to feel the reverberations of the early-decade indie supergroup phenomenon, with Broken Social Scene and Wolf Parade-affiliated acts fully coming into their own with band-defining new albums. They were joined by eager... more info

Abeano — Are tweaked celebrity monikers this year’s Crystal? (See: Crystal Stilts, Crystal Antlers, Crystal Castles.) Joy Orbison’s bagged a BBC Sounds 2010 nomination, the club night Orlando Boom! has spent the year wresting Hoxton from th... more info