ContactMusic — British bands Coldplay and Muse rocked out in Chicago, Illinois on Friday night (05Aug11) as they opened the Lollapalooza music festival. The first day of Perry Farrell's annual event kicked off with performances from The Vaccines, Crystal Castles an... more info

KEXP Seattle — After tremendous success last year, the second annual Heineken City Arts Festival has announced their lineup. This year, the three-day fest will take place October 20-22, 2011, and will feature headlining acts Ryan Adams, Robyn, Built to Spill, Cryst... more info

Guardian Music — Lucky Paul Remixes EP (Wolf + Lamb) Before they started making slow, deep, discursive house music, New Yorkers Wolf + Lamb used to love Kompakt. The Cologne label's signature sound – anguished airbrushed techno, elegant ambiguous trance – is the ... more info

Nialler9 — Transparent will release Disclosure’s ‘Carnival’ single next week (hear the B-side) but they’re already on to the next one. Canadian producer Blood Diamonds is up next with a hypnotic, washed-in-synth ‘Grins’ notable for its off-kilter vo... more info

Stereogum — MoogFest, which debuted last year in Moog Music Inc.’s hometown of Asheville, NC, is a three-day festival celebrating the work of Robert Moog. In addition to Moog-related workshops, exhibitions/installations, and panels, the bands helping out this ... more info

Nialler9 — SertOne’s free 13-track mixtape of remixes Versions is perfect Friday listening. Contains reworks of Crystal Castles, Halves, DOOM, Kev Brown, Koreless, MachineDrum and more. Versions by SertOne As a bonus, check out his recent remix as part of Owe... more info

Popeater — Filed under: Music News, AOL Music Who: Frankmusik Hails From: Thornton Heath, UK Sounds Like: Crystal Castles, Erasure In His Words: "'The Do It in the AM' video was a treat to do. In three days we hit a pool party, a desert, a shady motel, a m... more info

Music For Ants — (Photo credit: Vans 66) Crystal Castles was another performance near the top of my list for Friday, despite having heard extremely mixed reviews from friends who have seen them in the past. What makes Crystal Castles so enticing is partially the capt... more info

Guardian Music — Bassist Scott Devendorf hopes Fleet Foxes, Steve Reich and Crystal Castles will contribute to charity album of cover versionsThe National are planning a tribute album to the Grateful Dead – and Fleet Foxes, Steve Reich and Crystal Castles may contr... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Australian band Cut Copy's neon-giddy Friday nighttime set in the Mojave provided a handy contrast to one taking an opposite tact across the field -- the Toronto duo Crystal Castles, who shround their dance beats in 4AD goth ambience and singer A... more info