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# MUSIC BUZZ: Crystal Castles // Torres // More
- URL: https://www.glamglare.com/music/2015425music-buzz-crystal-castles-torres-more/
- Published: 2015-04-25T17:49:33.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-25T17:49:33.000Z
- Author: Oliver Bouchard
- Tags: Music, #oliver-2, #wordpress, #Import 2024-07-26 07:44

When singer Alice Glass left **Crystal Castles** half a year ago, it didn’t look like they split in friendship and that the band was over. Now there’s a new song with a new singer who sounds much like Alice. Pitchfork [interviewed producer Ethan Kath](http://pitchfork.com/news/59405-crystal-castles-ethan-kath-speaks-out-on-alice-glass-frail-and-the-future-of-the-band/?ref=glamglare.com) for some background:

> “Frail” was recorded recently and released as a message that we are in studio writing and recording a new album. The vocals are not my pitched voice (as on “Violent Youth” or the album version of “Not in Love”). A girl named Edith is singing.

Ok.

Mackenzie Scott aka **Torres** is about to release one of the most anticipated albums of the year. For London on the Inside she [gave an insight](http://londontheinside.com/2015/04/16/interview-torres?ref=glamglare.com) into her songwriting process:

> Every time is different. Alot of time I will have a lyrical idea that I want to expand on and that’s maybe what you would call the hook or the center of the song and I like to build around that. Alot of times I’ll also start with the melodic idea, sometimes it’s both. But I think the common thread is that its starting with the center and write round it.

However she does it, the result is intense and very personal. She also released a new track *Cowboy Guilt*.

Marc Hogan [digs deep](http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9628-how-much-is-music-really-worth/?ref=glamglare.com) to find an answer to the question **what music is actually worth**. In dollars. But that is not so easy:

> As it turned out, this problem—comparing the price of vinyl apples to CD oranges, download kumquats to streaming (I don’t know) pomegranates—was a constant one across the history of recorded music. Finding a way around, I decided, it would require some accounting as creative as more than a few songs I’ve heard.

It’s a good read, but in the end, as you might have expected, there is no answer to the question.

Scott Greer, who does remixes in his free time, [finds himself](https://medium.com/cuepoint/how-jay-z-destroyed-my-soundcloud-account-b438cb963893?sectionName=published&ref=glamglare.com) caught in the confusing and conflicting net of **copyright** rules, which almost cost him his Soundcloud account.

This week, I really dug Speedy Ortiz’ new album *Foil Deer* ([Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/1HIJD84nu66Dk9wykAPhNB?ref=glamglare.com), [iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/foil-deer/id964318430?ref=glamglare.com)). Elke [fell in love](http://www.glamglare.com/music/2015/4/22/new-album-avid-dancer-1st-bath) with Avid Dancer’s debut *1st Bath* ([Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/00o2aYxVmM8G30PTED0eFJ?ref=glamglare.com), [iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/1st-bath/id955180054?ref=glamglare.com)).