Chemical Brothers & Crystal Castles

Not together unfortunately. That would be a sight to behold! Two seperate stories here, pushed into the same post 'cos I'm in a little bit of a rush!

Crystal Castles Return With New Single & Tour

Since bursting onto the scene in 2008, Crystal Castles have become quite the cult act. They have a huge following all over the world, no less here in Ireland. Their live shows in particular are exciting. They return with a new 12" single Doe Deer which is going to be a Record Store Day exclusive limited to just 500 copies so I doubt any will hit this side of the Atlantic unfortunately. However they have announced a number of tour dates (None in Ireland yet, though I'm expecting either Oxegen or the Picnic, as well as perhaps one or two gigs in the country)

They will play:

04-03 Toronto, Ontario - Twist Art Gallery
04-12 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
04-14 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
04-17 Lisbon, Portugal - Coliseum
04-20 London, England - Heaven
04-22 Berlin, Germany - Ritter Butzke
04-23 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Trouw
04-24 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique Orangerie
04-26 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino
04-27 Zurich, Switzerland - Rosthoflager
04-28 Milan, Italy - Magazzini Generali
04-30 Murcia, Spain - La Fica Estrella LaVenta 404 Festival
07-11 Novi Sad, Serbia - Exit Festival
07-31 Emmaboda, Sweden - Emmaboda Festival

Reading & Leeds can be added to that list too.

Chemical Brothers Return With New Album

Veteran British dance act the Chemical Brothers return with album number 7 in June (the 8th in America, 7th in the UK and 4th in Ireland) It will be called Further. The 8 track record will be accompanied by individual music videos for each track. They are rumoured to be doing the festival scene this summer, though no Irish dates are announced yet.