Crystal Castles is a Toronto-based band, consisting of multi-instrumentalist Ethan Kath (of Jakarta and formerly Kïll Cheerleadër) and vocalist Alice Glass (of Fetus Fatale). Crystal Castles are known not only for their own efforts as a band, but also for commissioned remixes for number of groups, including “Hunting for Witches” by Bloc Party, and “Atlantis to Interzone” by their friends, the Klaxons.

Crystal Castles, named after the Crystal Castle from the She-Ra franchise despite never actually watching the show, formed in December 2003 as a project started by Ethan Kath. In April 2005, Alice Glass recorded vocals for five original instrumentals by Kath. The band’s first single was recorded “accidentally”: a microphone test by Glass was released through MySpace as “Alice Practice” in September 2005. Glass was not aware that it had been used until record companies heard the song and contacted the duo to offer them record deals.

Since the release of “Alice Practice”, the duo announced plans to release their first full-length album on Last Gang Records, which was released in North America on 18 March 2008 and released in the UK on 28 April 2008.

Crystal Castles have toured Europe and the USA numerous times since 2006, including a US tour with Australian, electronic group, The Presets in February 2007. The band also played at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in England, August 2007 and were set to play the CMJ Festival October 2007. They supported Metric on certain dates throughout their North American tour in September and October 2007 and also headlined Vice Magazine’s UK tour in November 2007 called Unitaur, which also featured These New Puritans and The Teenagers. Crystal Castles are set to tour with Nine Inch Nails in dates across July and August 2008.

Crystal Castles played a show at the Roxy on 6/11 that sold out so quickly that they played again on 6/13.