Daily Archives: March 25th, 2008

Crystal Castles

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So Crystal Castles has released their self-titled album. It is something else. While they are an electronic duo mainly experimenting with 8-bit synth lines and drums, I like to think of their music as the “soundtrack to a computer turning on”, the computer being female. Anything can happen or come in when listening to their songs, so it seems. The hard drums create a beat (almost dance, some are) to carry you as synth-lines rise and fall to lead you to euphoria. Had to post about them as soon as I heard their album. Download them if you want to listen to something completely new!

MP3| Untrust Us – Crystal Castles, (Computer turning on)

MP3| Alice Practice – Crystal Castles, ( Strap in, mind-blowing song)

Mp3| Atlantis to Interzone(Crystal Castles Remix) – Klaxons, (Their remixes are equally amazing)

-Erick

Come as You Are (Nirvana Cover) – Emilie Simon

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So really quickly, my friend Kyle sent me this link to Emilie Simon doing a cover of Nirvana’s Come As You Are. I did a previous post mentioning Emilie Simon, so I’ll just reiterate that she is incredibly talented as a songwriter and singer as well as incredibly cute! As a whole, they use strings, piano and percussion unlike anything I’ve heard. I say this about few bands but I would buy any of her albums. Check out her myspace for her new song “Space Oddity”.

MP3 (low quality)| Come as You Are (Nirvana Cover ) – Emilie Simon

MP3|  Desert - Emilie Simon

MP3| Le Vieil Amant – Emilie Simon

MP3|Fleur de Saison – Emilie Simon

-Erick