Crystal Castles surprised me and actually came to Cleveland's House of Blues. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised, but it just seemed a million miles away from their show at the Sonar club in Baltimore (where I saw them last). Baltimore, like Cleveland, is a gritty city, but I didn't feel like we'd be ready for a band like this (at HOB, and at $25 tickets). Dark, intense, and dance. The people came, but it was not close to a sellout. They sounded great and I think this was probably one of the best light shows I've seen in a live show. I missed the Pink Floyd era, btw.
Concert Review: Crystal Castles at House of Blues | Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog
Throughout the first half of the raucous 90-minute set Crystal Castles delivered last night in front a half-full House of Blues, the group appeared to be having technical difficulties. Given that everything about the band’s electronic music involves the use of high tech electronic gear, technical problems can really throw a wrench into the operation. To be honest, though, the band’s noisy approach makes it difficult to tell when something is actually going wrong — the music is a sonic stew that sounds like the band’s mixed Cocteau Twins dream pop with Sleigh Bells-inspired punk and noise pop. In fact, there was so much distortion on singer Alice Glass’s vocals that her actual words were often hard to discern.
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