HEALTH - Die Slow

HEALTH have just released one of the more anticipated albums of the season, Get Color. The release coincides with the recent debut of the bizarre new video for "Die Slow", which is not exactly for the faint of heart. With this track, HEALTH dare to become slightly more accessible while maintaining their sinister sound.

HEALTH - Get Color

Disco punk band HEALTH are prepping the release of their second album Get Color, due September 8th on Lovepump United. According to Pitchfork, "Die Slow sounds like a party where Lightning Bolt's playing at one end of the room and Giorgio Moroder is studiously banging out psych-disco masterpieces at the other..." Can't wait! Oh, and the cover artwork is pretty killer too.

Get Color:

01 In Heat
02 Die Slow
03 Nice Girls
04 Death+
05 Before Tiger
06 Severin
07 Eat Flesh
08 We Are Water
09 In Violet

CRYSTAL CASTLES Playing CMJNew 'Crimewaves' Video

Crystal Castles will headline a CMJ showcase at Webster Hall on October 23rd, with Fujiya & Miyagi, WhoMadeWho, and Lymbyc Systm in support. This will be a major highlight of the annual marathon, which descends on the city for five days October 21-25. You can still buy tickets here.

The controversial 8-bit duo play up their post-goth image with the new video for "Crimewaves", the robot-chic cover of HEALTH's modern apocalyptic classic.

Crystal Castles - Crimewave (Crystal Castles VS. Health) | Music Videos | SPIKE.com

CRYSTAL CASTLES - 'Air War'

Crystal Castles are dropping their full length debut on March 18 via Last Gang Records. 'Air War' will serve as the first single, accompanied by the music video below. The 8-Bit duo will invade America for a massive tour with HEALTH, kicking off in Detroit on February 26th, with stops at both Studio B and Mercury Lounge in March.

[EDIT: According to the band's label, 'Air War' will not be the first single. The video was actually made two years ago and was never meant for release. Expect an announcement of the real first single soon.]

Tracklist:

01 Untrust Us
02 Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs. HEALTH)
03 Alice Practice
04 Magic Spells
05 Xxzxcuzx Me
06 Air War
07 Courtship Dating
08 Vanished
09 1991
10 Good Time
11 Love and Caring
12 Knights
13 Through the Hosiery
14 Reckless
15 Black Panther
16 Tell Me What to Swallow

Crystal Castles - Air War (music video)

YIP-YIP - 'Sprinkle Council'

Warning! All bands mentioned in this post are of an acquired taste...please don't blame me if I'm turning you on to something that isn't your flavor. That said, here goes...

Lovers of CRYSTAL CASTLES and HEALTH may get a kick out of Orlando-based spaztronic duo YIP-YIP. The duo, comprised of Jason Temple and Brian Esser, will be spending the next few months touring with the likes of THE LOCUST, AIDS WOLF, and HEALTH in anticipation of the release of their new album "Two Kings of the Same Kingdom" on February 5th, 2008. Yip Yip will also be on hand for the CMJ Music Marathon, sharing the Knitting Factory stage with HEALTH on October 19th.

If you're into Atari-electro, you can stream the new album in its entirety over here. And for a virtual headache, visit Yip-Yip on Myspace.

DOWNLOAD - Yip-Yip - Sprinkle Council

Yip-Yip - Sprinkle Council (music video)



"Two Kings of the Same Kingdom" Tracklist:

01. Anarchist Clog
02. Sprinkle Council
03. Genius Beast
04. Humanly Wanderers
05. Car Picnic
06. Jazz Rats
07. Gender Changers
08. Club Mummy
09. Audacity Beach
10. Outer Tomato
11. Heavies Go Odd
12. High Heel To Mammal

HEALTH to Release Debut LP

Noise rockers HEALTH are readying their much anticipated debut album for release on September 18th. The eleven track set clocks in at just under 33 minutes and was recorded at the gritty downtown Los Angeles punk club The Smell. To coincide with the album's release, HEALTH are trickling out a bible of remixes from such under the radar artists as CURSES!, ACID GIRLS, TOXIC AVENGER, and JUICEBOXXX. These guys have garnered recent fame in the blogosphere, due largely in part to CRYSTAL CASTLES' reworking of 'Crimewave', the original of which will be included on the debut LP.

DOWNLOAD - HEALTH - Triceratops (CFCF remix)

DOWNLOAD - HEALTH - Crimewave

CRYSTAL CASTLES VS. HEALTH - 'Crimewave'

CRYSTAL CASTLES are set to release their second formal single, a re-working of HEALTH's 'Crimewave' in the UK on August 13th. These guys are positively insane and I love them. They come back to NYC to play (ugh) Webster Hall on September 21st.

Crystal Castles vs. HEALTH - Crimewave (Music Video)


STREAM and BUY - Crystal Castles vs. HEALTH - Crimewave