Video: Crystal Stilts - Love is a Wave (live)

by Bill Pearis Frankie Rose is mainly known as a drummer, having played in Vivian Girls , Crystal Stilts , and Dum Dum Girls , but she's also a songwriter (she wrote VG's "Where Do You Run To?") and will be releasing her debut single, "Thee Only One," on Slumberland Records on October 27. She's also got a new band, Frankie and the Outs , who will make their [...]

The Crystal Stilts have nailed their dusky '80s noise pop so well that it feels like Alight Of Night will never age -- the collection arrived well-worn and familiar but, to these ears at least, endlessly compelling. (See, for instance, Alight standout " Prismatic Room ." Play it six times in a row and it's still a hit.) For those in search of new old Stilts, the Brooklyn quartet's releasing a new 7" at the end of the month. The A-Side's the upbeat, two-minute, immediately infectious live favorite "Love Is A Wave." [...]

• Crystal Stilts - Love is a Wave