All photos by Tiff Yoon

Once a month, in a ritual as old as time itself, every hipster in the Philadelphia area and surrounding counties migrates to the club Transit for a Bacchanalian style orgy (the party kind, not the dirty kind, you perv) called Making Time. Originated by near-legendary Philly club guy Dave P, Making Time brings together live electronic acts and good old fashioned grinding in a way few other parties can pull off. I’ve been to some great Making Times (seeing one of Simian Mobile Disco’s first American performances) and some awful ones (getting Night at the Roxbury-ed by smelly fixed gear boys). This months party, featuring Canadian electro act Crystal Castles and genre-jumpers Health, was the best one thus far.

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Now this, ladies and gentlemen, is a tour! Psych-rockers Health and 8-bit weirdo-dancers Crystal Castles are set to take over the U.S. in a tour of epic proportions. Starting in March, the two will be criss-crossing the country in support of their latest efforts: Health’s self-titled album already out on Lovepump United, and Crystal Castle’s upcoming full-length due out March 18th. Heck, the two like each other so much they currently have a split remix single out now on Lovepump (for real though, Crystal Castle’s remix of Health’s “Crimewave” is seriously amazing) . Check out the dates after the jump.

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