Pitchfork

It seems the world of noisemaking just isn't enough for bleepmaestros Crystal Castles. They've gotta go and turn their lives into a rousing game of Crusin' World. And so it shall be on a mostly North American string of tour dates over the next month or so, which finds the Toronto terra-biters getting busier than any other video gamers you know. Most of the dates are with Metric, and they're also scheduled to play CMJ in mid-October, date and venue TBA.

The duo is currently working on their debut album, due February 19, 2008 on Last Gang. Hop them rubies, Bentley Bear!

Promises were made on the band's MySpace page of a winter tour of Japan and Australia, but, as it so often is with gamers, the likelihood of that happening depends entirely on how quickly they can find the bank of warp pipes. Do your homework!

UPDATE: Crystal Castles insist that this news item "makes it seem like we are at home playing videogames when in fact we've been on tour since feb'2006 and hate videogames." So, um, yeah. Sorry.

Castles:

09-08 Montreal, Quebec - Les Saints ^
09-13 Monterrey, Mexico - Aura Club
09-14 Mexico City, Mexico - Roots Magic Club !
09-15 Juarez, Mexico - The Hard Pop &
09-19 Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero *
09-20 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
09-21 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
09-22 Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom *
09-24 Detroit, MI - Saint Andrew's Hall *
09-25 Chicago, IL - Metro *
09-26 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
09-28 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater *
09-29 Los Angeles, CA - Neighborhood Festival
10-01 Scottsdale, AZ - Martini Ranch *
10-02 Pomona, CA - Glass House *
10-03 San Diego, CA - House of Blues *
10-05 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater *
10-08 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
10-09 Seattle, WA - Showbox

^ with Kid Sister
! with Kevin Saunderson
& with James Holden
* with Metric