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Hey! Remember that time you rolled hard on E, blazed a mad J, double-dipped on K, and, um, tossed off a bunch of misinformed drug references and then played Super Mario Bros. 2 all night long? And then you had a seizure soundtracked by midi music and it was awesome? Well, get ready to pretty much relive that wonderful experience next month as Toronto-based 8-bit noise-spazz duo Crystal Castles hit the road.

The SXSW Pitchfork/Windish day party crashers rock a handful of UK DJ sets and gigs with CSS this month, then ship off to the U.S. and Canada in March, where they'll swing through SXSW and open a bunch of shows for the Presets.

Get acquainted with Crystal Castles by checking out the recent writeup and mp3s in Forkcast.

Crystal Castles:

02-16 Liverpool, England - Carling Academy (DJ Set)
02-17 Manchester, England - Academy 1 (DJ Set)
02-18 Sheffield, England - The Plug (DJ Set)
02-19 Norwich, England - Waterfront *
02-22 London, England - Hammersmith Palais (DJ Set)
02-23 Paris, France - TBA
02-24 Paris, France - TBA
02-25 Stoke, England - Underground *
03-03 London, England - The Social
03-09 Brooklyn, NY - Studio B #
03-10 Philadelphia, PA - Pure #
03-13 San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit ^
03-14 Houston, TX - Engine Room ^%
03-15 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-16 Austin, TX - Emo's (Pitchfork day party at SXSW) ^$
03-16 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine ^
03-17 Los Angeles, CA - X-Plex ^
03-22 Miami, FL - TBA
03-23 Miami, FL - TBA
03-24 Chicago, IL - Metro ^
03-25 Cincinnati, OH - Alchemize ^
03-27 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club ^

* with CSS
# with Simian Mobile Disco
^ with the Presets
% with Datarock
$ with Girl Talk, Menomena, Rjd2, The Ponys, The Pipettes, Do Make Say Think, Deerhunter, Fujiya & Miyagi, Beach House, Marnie Stern