When I think about it, I’ve heard nothing but negative things about Crystal Castles from people who’ve met them. While I loved their last album, this will seriously affect whether or not I see them live. On the other hand, I’ve been listening to VEGA all night and will definitetly see them whenever they head west. Check this out [click photo for source] -

From James:

I talked to Jason Faries, Drummer of Vega, about what happened early Tuesday evening when they arrived to sound check at The Granada Theatre and learned that Crystal Castles would not arrive until Vega was off the premises of the venue. After letting CC borrow a guitar to play their set monday night in Austin, a pedal belonging to Alice Glass was misplaced by crew member of Crystal Castles.

“We let them borrow our guitar, the guys who loaded all the equipment off the stage put Alice’s pedal she uses for voice modulation got stuck in the back of Ronnie’s amp and we didn’t even know about it so we took the amp when we were loading out”

Jason offered to let CC’s crew check their equipment more thoroughly but CC declined to investigate further. Surely enough when Vega loaded their equipment out of their vehicle for the evening the Pedal was found where CC’s crew member had incorectly placed it.

“We immediately had our manager talk to their manager and everything was totally peaceful and cool.” The pedal would be returned the next evening in Dallas in which Vega would once more open for CC.

After loading out their equipment, The Granada Theatre got a call from CC’s management informing them that Crystal Castles would not arrive to venue until Vega was off the venu’s premisis, there was no reason or excuse given for these demands which confused and concerned the members and management of Vega.

the guys from vega were later contacted and given the excuse that Crystal Castles wanted their friends to perform on the bill instead, only hours before the show was supposed to start. “We wanted to put on a show because that’s what we came to Dallas to do.”

The members of Vega still didn’t quite know how to take the news, but they did what any hard working indie act would do, they found another venue to sell out and another croud to perform for. Within an hour they took their equipment (sans one pesky voice modulating pedal) across town to Fall Out Lounge where they did what they originally came to do.

Back at the Granada, Crystal Castles still weren’t satisfied with how the soundcheck was going, insisting the Sound provided by The Granada Theatre was not sufficient. Other acts such as Animal Collective, Ratatat and Holy Fuck have performed at the same venue and share similar necesities for sound equipment provided by the venue.

Vega still hasn’t gotten an official answer from CC’s management as to why they were asked not to open for them last night. I’m glad to see this story is being spun the right way. It seems like it would be really easy for CC to spin a story like this in a way that took the heat off them but I’m glad Vega is getting such possitive press and people are acknowledging their hard work and ability to deal with pre madona acts.