Best New Bands » Crystal Fighters 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 Mixtape 27: Crystal Fighters – DIIV – Michael Kiwanuka and more http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-27-crystal-fighters-diiv-michael-kiwanuka-and-more/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-27-crystal-fighters-diiv-michael-kiwanuka-and-more/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 05:35:51 +0000  Summer is already starting to feel like it’s blowing up, as we’ve had a busy week with new breezy tunes to chill in your beach chair by, as well as some fresh jams to sweat it out to. In live reviews, Zach Klassen was up at Sasquatch! Music Fest, where DIIV took all his doubts

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  2. Crystal Fighters premiere a new video for “You & I” UK/Basque-based Crystal Fighters premiere a new video for “You & I”off forthcoming ‘Cave Rave’ LP due out May 28th. “You & I” draws the viewer in to a world where bohemian babes wade through tall grasses under a rainbow sky. Crystal Fighters’ signature romantic guitar plucking...
  3. Album Review: Crystal Fighters – Cave Rave   Some albums encapsulate certain seasons and feelings, and Crystal Fighters’ sophomore effort, Cave Rave, does just that, begging to become the anthem of the summer, preferably during bonfires, road trips, and late night dance parties. The Spain-dwelling six-piece wrote...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-27-crystal-fighters-diiv-michael-kiwanuka-and-more/feed/ 0 Crystal Fighters Turn The El Rey Into A Dance Floor http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/crystal-fighters-turn-the-el-rey-into-a-dance-floor/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/crystal-fighters-turn-the-el-rey-into-a-dance-floor/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:52:59 +0000 It was virtually a year ago when I saw Crystal Fighters for the first time at The Echoplex, and on Tuesday night at the El Rey, the six-piece performed an exuberant set just like the one that made me fall in love with them last summer. Having garnered a larger following than they had last June, the electro/folk-rockers played their

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  1. Crystal Fighters Tear Down The Echoplex Tuesday night marked my second venture to a Check Yo Ponytail 2 event, and just like my first experience, the night included energetic, electronic, dance-inducing acts, with Crystal Fighters as the headliner. Before this show, I honestly did not know...
  2. Album Review: Crystal Fighters – Cave Rave   Some albums encapsulate certain seasons and feelings, and Crystal Fighters’ sophomore effort, Cave Rave, does just that, begging to become the anthem of the summer, preferably during bonfires, road trips, and late night dance parties. The Spain-dwelling six-piece wrote...
  3. Crystal Fighters premiere a new video for “You & I” UK/Basque-based Crystal Fighters premiere a new video for “You & I”off forthcoming ‘Cave Rave’ LP due out May 28th. “You & I” draws the viewer in to a world where bohemian babes wade through tall grasses under a rainbow sky. Crystal Fighters’ signature romantic guitar plucking...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/crystal-fighters-turn-the-el-rey-into-a-dance-floor/feed/ 0 Album Review: Crystal Fighters – Cave Rave http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-crystal-fighters-cave-rave/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-crystal-fighters-cave-rave/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 17:02:18 +0000   Some albums encapsulate certain seasons and feelings, and Crystal Fighters’ sophomore effort, Cave Rave, does just that, begging to become the anthem of the summer, preferably during bonfires, road trips, and late night dance parties. The Spain-dwelling six-piece wrote the record during a two-month spell cooped up in the hills of Basque then headed

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  2. Crystal Fighters premiere a new video for “You & I” UK/Basque-based Crystal Fighters premiere a new video for “You & I”off forthcoming ‘Cave Rave’ LP due out May 28th. “You & I” draws the viewer in to a world where bohemian babes wade through tall grasses under a rainbow sky. Crystal Fighters’ signature romantic guitar plucking...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-crystal-fighters-cave-rave/feed/ 0 Crystal Fighters premiere a new video for “You & I” http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/crystal-fighters-premiere-a-new-video-for-you-i/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/crystal-fighters-premiere-a-new-video-for-you-i/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:34:25 +0000 UK/Basque-based Crystal Fighters premiere a new video for “You & I”off forthcoming ‘Cave Rave’ LP due out May 28th. “You & I” draws the viewer in to a world where bohemian babes wade through tall grasses under a rainbow sky. Crystal Fighters’ signature romantic guitar plucking is the foundation of the cheery tune, serving as the perfect backdrop to this whimsical

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