http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r35DKJ9fPSM

Our good friend Mike B has put together a digital label called Better Swimmers. He's hoping to showcase up and coming Canadian music acts and was nice enough to choose us as the first band for his new venture. We have put together a 4 song package you can download, for free, from the site. The package includes our new single "Exits" plus 3 remixes of that track by our favorite local, and national musicians and DJ's.

Check out the link here!

http://planetshhh.com/label/

BONUS!

We have been featured on Chart Attack, check it out here:

http://www.chartattack.com/news/72224/crosstown-rivals-become-more-comfortable


-Jon

Hey All!

http://www.uptownmag.com/2009-04-16/page3845.aspx

check out his weeks uniter.

http://uniter.ca/view/646/

We just finished recording a new song with Cam Loeppky and Shawn Dealey. We're planning on releasing it as a two or three song disk with different remixes done by Vitamins4You, Ricardo from Oldfolks Home, and possibly one other. Hopefully you all are as pumped as us!CTR

A-

'Crosstown Rivals is an arty four-piece that makes sloppy, synthy indie rock, packed with shout-along gang choruses and hiccupy vocals that vaguely sound like the perpetually hoarse, nicotine-stained pipes of Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas - basically, exactly the kind of music I'm a big sucker for. But while comparisons to a certain pack of hip, New York garage rockers are certainly warranted, the similarities start to disappear after the first track. With break-neck drums, crunchy guitars and herky-jerky keys, this is an impressive debut from an exciting band worth keeping an ear out for. Check out Chest and Hands and Friends and album opener Bright Idea.'

— Jen Zoratti

http://uptownmag.com/2009-01-01/cdreviews.aspx

4.5/5

When the Crosstown Rivals opened for Novillero a few weeks ago, they had a great group dynamic and all the energy you could hope for from an opening act. The vocals echo NYC band The Strokes in their tone and dog-straining-on-a-leash intensity. Take a few years of smoking off The Strokes’ sound and you’ll see what I mean, especially on the first track, “Bright Idea,” which opens with a very Strokes-esque guitar lick. On the album, as in their live show, you can’t help wanting to sing along, especially on track four, “Chests and Hands and Friends.” The strong guitar riffs seem to always trade places with the vocals at the forefront of the sound, making a solid, danceable track the whole way through. It’s hard to keep up with the lyrics, but their jumpy sounds makes that OK.

—Andrew McMonagle

http://www.uniter.ca/view.php?aid=40825

Hey!

If you've got a minute, check out the review of our EP at herohill.com!

Here's the direct link:

http://www.herohill.com/2008/09/reviews-crosstown-rivals-ep.htm

-jon

Wow.

http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm

Also, thanks to everyone who came and saw us this July. We had an awesome time touring eastern Canada. Hope to see you all again soon.

The CD should be available online at CD baby/iTunes soon. We'll be keeping you all posted.

-jon

P.S.

If you never saw the Uniter article, here's the link...
http://www.uniter.ca/view.php?aid=40478