Crystal Castles @ Studio Just for Laughs this Thursday

The first time I saw Toronto's Crystal Castles was this New Years with Guns N Bombs at the SAT. As impaired as my judgement may have been, I recall them being great, the girl who does vocals got really into the performance and ripped off some of her clothes. Not in a attention seeking Uffie kind of way, there was no nipple in sight, the way it should be done, the Crystal Castles way.



This Thursday they hit Studio Just for Laughs with LA's Health, who in a way are responsible for the popularization of Crystal Castles, with their hit remix Crimewave. The Castles dropped some new tracks a few weeks ago, here are some originals to check out.



Crystal Castles - Magic Spells (mp3)




Crystal Castles - Courtship Date (mp3)

On More Teenagers Pictures

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the best of the pictures yours truly took at the show can be seen on Flickr, check it check it, check it.

On The Teenagers @ Studio Just for Laughs

The Teenagers invaded Studio Just for Laughs the eve of January 29, 2008 and as expected were awesome. With everyone singing about cunts and geographically defined fucks; everybody in the audience was a Teenager tuesday night.

In a recent interview with the Montreal Mirror, Dorian Dumont of the Teenagers said straight up that while they aren't "totally unserious" they "don't take it too seriously, you know". Oh yes Dorian, i know.

Suspend your bullshit meter for the moment and indulge me in this theory:

After seeing The Teenagers live, i think the live show did come off as just that - totally unserious - BUT that ended up being the point.

That kind of unrefined half-assery is what makes The Teenagers successful. Their sexed up rhetoric-of-the-fuck-up which has become a mainstay throughout all their songs keeps them instantly relatable and polishes that aura of humbled quasi-fame that they get their cool from. Let's hope the Teenagers stay cool longer than the most people did in high school.

more pictures and commentary to come soon.

Songs from their spanking new LP Reality Check:

The Teenagers - Feeling Better (mp3)


The Teenagers - III (mp3)


The Teenagers - Sunset Beach (mp3)

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