Crystal Castles
1 October 2007 :: posted by misstoats
So Bigstereo is teaming up with Mezzanine in San Francisco to bring you a f’ing massive show this saturday, October 6th. Crystal Castles are headlining with a supporting cast of Toxic Avenger and Lemonade with Rchrd Oh?! and I warming you up with some Bigstereo musical magic.
If you’re in the Bay area and want to win some tickets, youre in luck….our lovely friends from the Mezzanine have hooked us up with a few.
All ya gotta do is answer: What is ‘Crystal Castles’ named after? (pssst…its on their myspace page somewhere)
ps. i just saw Crystal Castles and Toxic Avenger perform in Los Angeles this past weekend and they were both amazing. We’re in for a painfully good time.
email me (alicia@bigstereo.net) your answer and your first/last name for the list
OR if you dont want to risk losing, you can buy tickets directly from Mezzanine.
Tourdates and a few goodies I got from the Neighborhood festival in Los Angeles
Oct 1 2007 Martini Ranch PHOENIX
Oct 1 2007 AFTERPARTY: DJ SET AT BURN PHOENIX
Oct 2 2007 Glass House POMONA, CA
Oct 3 2007 House of Blues SAN DIEGO
Oct 6 2007 Mezzanine SAN FRANCISCO
Oct 8 2007 Wonder PORTLAND
Oct 9 2007 Showbox SEATTLE
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October 1st, 2007 at 8.45 am
This is so good and yet so painful for me to read that I just want to cry
I love CC and their only show in stockholm this year was a one night affaire at a some über-elitistic vice party. I never went on principle, i never go to parties my friends arent welcome to attend as well.
oh well, have a great time, you lucky yanks, i know you will
October 1st, 2007 at 1.27 pm
whoa this is easy.
Crystal Castles - 1983 Atari Videogame, and was/is available on many different platforms.
sha bam
October 1st, 2007 at 3.16 pm
sorry dude. that’s wrong.
October 1st, 2007 at 3.41 pm
okay so watch that video there, and then watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na4×2Uwflmg
the background beat is the same.
October 1st, 2007 at 4.49 pm
they are named after she-ra’s home.
October 2nd, 2007 at 2.37 am
that’s retarded.
October 2nd, 2007 at 2.38 am
that’s retarded.
my answer is a way better reason to name your band.
oh well im seeing them tomorrow anyway. no skin offf my back.
October 2nd, 2007 at 3.06 am
i got doubles of the atari jam
October 2nd, 2007 at 8.01 am
timbaland totally stole that track. or is it a cleared sample?
October 2nd, 2007 at 9.27 am
there’s no way that could be a sample. its dead on.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9.33 am
and cc makes all their own stuff.
October 2nd, 2007 at 10.06 am
no, no - obviously it’s CC and they make their own stuff - I was just wondering/asking if Timbaland cleared the sample with CC.. Paid for its use. Or if he “stole” it.
October 2nd, 2007 at 11.10 am
what about richard oh?! djing at a fashion show(?) at the moca down here in san diego? where is the promotion for that event… i didn’t even know he was coming till i saw the flyer at influx. what’s the story with you guys and cmj while i’m here???
October 2nd, 2007 at 12.24 pm
cmj announcements coming very, very soon — block off the 17th and 19th!! and head to our myspace for a sneak preview.
October 2nd, 2007 at 4.15 pm
I’m sorry, but there is no way Timbo stole that. 50’s track was likely recorded at least 6-8 months ago. The album came out Sept 11 and all major labels have a promotional lead time of at least 3-4 months. Then you need to take in to account mastering, mixing etc etc. CCs were recording their album, what, like 2-3 months ago? Do the math.
What I think is much much more likely is that after the whole Timbo-ripped-off-that-chiptune-dude from last year he and his assistants did some serious digging and started incorporating it into their stuff.
October 2nd, 2007 at 4.18 pm
And btw - it’s not “dead on” - there is considerable variation.
October 4th, 2007 at 10.37 am
I did the math and sorry to rain on your “Timbo” parade but http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tUs0ZI1mU4 cause last time I checked march was more than just 2-3 months ago.
October 4th, 2007 at 2.46 pm
what song did timberland use it in?
October 6th, 2007 at 11.36 am
ayo techonlogy. thanks for the back up there.
October 8th, 2007 at 11.49 pm
I know for a fact that timbaland ripped crystal castles off…
October 8th, 2007 at 11.50 pm
they settled out of court… you know that timbaland is listening to that shit….
October 11th, 2007 at 4.08 am
I WAS THERE
October 12th, 2007 at 7.33 am
The toof did a post on that theme but were asked to remove it by CC’s manager who was taking it to court… Anyone got any info on that out-of-court-settlement?
Timbo is an arrogant bitch who can’t admit that he steals. He’s still good at what he does and gives them tunes new clothes, but he could well afford to be honest and give some cred and money where it belongs…
October 22nd, 2007 at 5.13 am
Crystal Castles’ track was recorded in 2006, Timbaland’s track for 50 Cent was released Sept 2007.
February 4th, 2008 at 2.24 am
il kill timberland i hate that dick. definatly just stole it
think about it like a bigshot prick like timberland is going to go to the trouble of getting clearance from a basically unknown band(at the time) for a synth line they use live.
and he allready stole janne suni for nelly furtados shit crap song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4KX7SkDe4Q&feature=related
February 25th, 2008 at 7.06 pm
retribution!
crystal castles shouldn’t have stole trevor brown’s work
http://www.pileup.com/babyart/blog/?p=81
May 11th, 2008 at 1.41 pm
Crystal Castles aren’t any better than timbaland. They ripped off chiptune artist for 4 of their tunes.
Read here.
http://www.myspace.com/crystaltheft
May 15th, 2008 at 10.43 pm
crystal castles have already lost all cred by lying that they knew nothing of the scene and chiptune artists that it’s now been proven that they sampled heavily
then they disrespect their fans by lying to the press about it.
http://www.pileup.com/babyart/blog/?p=130
or just google ‘crystal castles steal’