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NME.com is reporting that Canadian electronica duo Crystal Castles are about to head on quite the large North American tour, kicking off in Toronto (at a Secret Location… ooooooohhh).

They just spent some time overseas opening for the Klaxons on their UK tour but now they are busting out on their own, promoting their new album which will be released March 18th.

The tour dates are as follows:

Toronto, ON Secret location TBA (February 21)
Hamilton, ON Casbah (22)
London, ON Call the Office (23)
Detroit, MI Magic Stick (26)
Chicago, IL Abbey Pub (27)
Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Club (28)
Winnipeg, MB Pyramid Cabaret (29)
Regina, SK The Exchange (March 1)
Calgary, AB The Warehouse (2)
Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room (3)
Vancouver, BC Richards on Richards (5)
Seattle, WA Chop Suey (6)
Portland, OR Backspace (7)
San Francisco, CA Independent (8)
Los Angeles, CA Roxy Theatre (9)
San Diego, CA Casbah (10)
Phoenix, AZ Brickhouse Theatre (11)
Albuquerque, NM Launch Pad (12)
Denton, TX Hailey’s (16)
Springfield, MO Randy Bacon Studio & Gallery (17)
Dekalb, IL House Cafe (19)
Cleveland, OH Grog Shop (21)
Philadelphia, PA Transit (22)
Baltimore, MD Ottobar (23)
Brooklyn, NY Studio B (25)
New York, NY Mercury Lounge (26)
Montreal Musee Juste Pour Rire (27)
Toronto, ON Circa (28)
Secret location TBA (29)

If you have no idea who they are then CHECK THEM OUT NOW! Their sound has recently been described as “ferocious, asphyxiating sheets of warped two-dimensional Gameboy glitches and bruising drum bombast that pierces your skull with their sheer shrill force, burrowing deep into the brain like a fever.”

I have never heard anything more awesome than that.

MySpace: Crystal Castles

Posted on Thursday, January 10th, 2008 at 3:00 pm by Protest The Hero and is filed under Concerts & Events.

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