Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Weird overtones, spooky dissonances

I review Crystal Stilts' excellent new Nature Noir at Blurt today, and say, "These songs are the Crystal Stilts most pop tunes ever, but they are still tinged with weird overtones, spooky dissonances and cavernous, moisture-dripping reverberation."

Full review is here.



This one's from the first album, Alight of Night which was pretty awesome, too.


I saw them once at SXSW, one of the best live music nights of my life, but NOT because of Crystal Stilts.

I hear they've gotten better at the live thing, and anyway Zachary Cale is playing second guitar on their current tour, so that's a good thing. Might be worth checking them out again if you live in any of these places.

10/09 Detroit, MI – Garden Bowl^

10/10 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle^

10/11 Grinnell, IA - Grinnell College - Gardner Lounge^ (free show)

10/12 Denver, CO - Walnut Room at Larimer Lounge^

10/15 Seattle, WA – Barboza^

10/16 Vancouver, BC – Electric Owl^

10/17 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios^

10/18 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel^ w/Widowspeak

10/20 Los Angeles, CA – Part Time Punks^

10/21 Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room^

10/24 Austin, TX – Red 7^

10/25 Dallas, TX – Club Dada^

10/26 Oxford, MS – Lamar Lounge^

10/27 Birmingham, AL – The Bottletree^

10/28 Atlanta, GA – The Earl^

10/29 Richmond, VA – Strange Matter^

10/30 Washington, DC – Black Cat^

10/31 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom^#

11/13 - Groningen, Netherlands - Vera

11/14 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Stengade

11/15 - Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser

11/16 - Oslo, Norway - Revolver

11/17 - Goteborg, Sweden - Pustervik

11/18 - Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall

11/19 - Hamburg, Germany - Hafenklang

11/20 - Berlin, Germany - Gretchen Club

11/21 - Cologne, Germany - King Georg

11/22 - Kortrijk, Belgium - De Kreun

11/23 - Brighton, England - Green Door Store

11/24 -, Liverpool, England (presented by Liverpool Psych Fest) Shipping Forecast

11/25 - Glascow, Scotland - Mono

11/26 - Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club

11/27 - Bristol, England - The Exchange

11/28 - London, England - Cargo

11/29 - Brussels, Belgium - Maison De Musiques

11/30 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Le Guess Who? Festival

12/1 - Paris, France - Point FMR

12/2 - Zurich, Switzerland - El Lokal

12/3 - Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, Amalgame Club

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