Artist · chart history
Crystal Castles
Band Toronto Canada Active 2006–2017
Crystal Castles formed in 2006 in Toronto, Canada and was active until 2017. Crystal Castles has 18 chart appearances on 16 radio countdowns from 11 stations on RockLists, spanning 2010–2017. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Not In Love”, which appears on 10 lists with a best position of #26. The station that charted Crystal Castles most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Crystal Castles were a Toronto duo that made noise sound like a broken arcade machine having a nervous breakdown: songwriter-producer Ethan Kath building lo-fi, melancholic tracks at home out of fried synths and bleeps, and singer Alice Glass shrieking and whispering over the top, with live shows that were famously chaotic. They started out with a pile of limited-edition vinyl singles before a run of four studio albums between 2008 and 2016 on Last Gang Records.
The self-titled album from 2010 was the one that let the melody in. "Not In Love" drapes a lovesick, woozy tune over pulsing synth-pop, and "Baptism" turns a rave into a riot, all pounding beats and Glass's voice buried in distortion. The tags multiplied, synth-punk, electroclash, witch house, but none of them quite fit.
Glass walked away in October 2014, for reasons both personal and professional, and Edith Frances stepped in. In 2017, Glass accused Kath of sexual misconduct dating back to when she was still a member, and the rest of that year's tour dates were cancelled. Crystal Castles have been silent ever since.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Crystal Castles on radio countdowns
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 93 | Enth | WBER Listener Countdown 2017 |
| 2016 | 78 | Enth | WBER Listener Countdown 2016 |
| 2013 | 102 | Sad Eyes | WBER Listener Countdown 2013 |
| 2011 | 44 | Not In Love | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 42 | Not In Love | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 53 | Not In Love | CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 26 | Not In Love | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 16 (tie) | Empathy | WBER Listener Countdown 2011 |
| 2011 | 87 | Not In Love | WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011 |
| 2010 | 83 | Not In Love | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2010 |
| 2010 | 3 | Baptism | WBER Listener Countdown 2010 |
| 2010 | 27 | Celestica | Impact 89FM Top 89 of 2010 |
| 2010 | 44 | Not In Love | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2010 |
| 2010 | 63 | Baptism | Impact 89FM Top 89 of 2010 |
| 2010 | 83 | Not In Love | KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2010 |
| 2010 | 89 | Not In Love | Channel 92.3 Top 92 Songs of 2010 |
| 2010 | 26 | Not In Love | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 |
| 2010 | 44 | Baptism | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 |
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