Last night we all had the pleasure of heading out to one of the “hottest” crystal castles show we had ever been to. And when I saw hot, imagine going to a concert inside a sauna and then adding a bunch of drunk hipsters.

As soon as we arrived at Siren Studios for the Kia Soul Collective event, they were already at capacity and the line around the building was at least 3 blocks long. (Sorry I dont have a photo) once we got up to the front of the line we noticed they were letting very few people in but we knew might have a chance. We hung outside for about an hour and FINALLY got let in, JUST in time to grab a drink and get ready for Crystal Castles to shred!

Once the lights dimmed and they came on stage the crowd completely lost their minds. Alice dove straight into the crowd as soon as the first note for the first song dropped and that’s where she stayed for the majority of the show. The performance reminded me of old punk shows I used to go to at OLD WORLD in huntington beach. Energy, booze, and raging!  Kids were losing their minds, people were climbing on top of each other just to touch Alice as she tried her best to sing in a room that felt like it was a sauna.

Crystal Castles performed 7 songs and with each song the temperature inside the little studio rose another 10 degrees and the beer fueled crowd kept raging. I can honestly say I have never been that hot at any show I’ve ever been to, but hey, if you had the chance to see Crystal Castles for free would you want to see them in any other setting?

After we lost our minds and about 10 lbs of water (from sweating) we cruised downtown LA and made it into Redwood bar and LA CITA.Redwood bar had some really rad surfer rock / rockabilly bands playing and La Cita was bringin back old 90s house. All in all it was an amazing night. Major thanks to Kia Soul Collective / MFG / REBECCA (CORNERSTONE PROMOTION) for making the night all happen.

 

Later this week DIPLO and the Silversun Pickups will be performing at the same location so I suggest you arrive very early if you expect to get in.

CRYSTAL CASTLES – MAGIC SPELLS (via radiofreechicago)

CRYSTAL CASTLES – COURTSHIP DATING (via hejven)

CRYSTAL CASTLES – UNTRUST US (via musicalpairings)