Best New Bands » crystal castles http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 The Suuns and Crystal Castles take Portland’s Roseland Theater http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-suuns-and-crystal-castles-take-portlands-roseland-theater/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-suuns-and-crystal-castles-take-portlands-roseland-theater/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:00:00 +0000 The tone for last night’s show at the Roseland Theater in Downtown Portland, OR was set the moment that Suuns took the stage. Wasting no time in getting started, the four-piece was hard at work with their pounding synths and grinding guitars the instant that the clock struck Eight PM. Surrounded on stage by flashing

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