It's all done folks.  Yours to listen to til kingdom come. 

listen to all the tracks in the "music" section of www.crystalandthewolves.com

we're still doing final tracking, mixing and mastering, but here is a sneak preview of three songs we're about to release on June 12. Hope you like!

Shapinska Rock II will be out June 12! We'll be posting a sneak preview of the record any day now so stayed tuned. Our record release will be at the Starry Plough - where the band first formed and where we had a first record release a year ago.

here's the scoop:
Back in August we played at the Consciousness Raising Festival in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Sun, a documentary filmmaker, interviewed many of the attendees about their thoughts on intolerance. Parts of Crystal's interview are in the film - as well as a bit of us playing "Lullaby for Shai" underneath the Redwoods.

The film is now on Current TV. It's a little over 10 minutes. You can view it and add comments here:
http://www.current.tv/watch/13547542

That's all for now.

Thanks to everyone who came out on Saturday night in Mokelumne Hill - a three hour set, whew! Hopefully more of those to come. We had a nice time meeting many new faces too.

Merrily,
Crystal and Fil

..Whether you are living all alone or with a family, your life will not be happy and successful unless you have the mental capacity to adapt to any situation. This is one of life's most basic principles... - Amma

Sure Shot Magazine reviewed album Shapinska Rock. They enjoyed it so much that it was number 8 for top indie albums in June.

Here is the review:
Crystal and the Wolves Howl Through the Genres
Kathryn Vercillo, Sure Shot Magazine
"The sounds of Crystal and the Wolves can not be summed up by any easy label. Perhaps the best summary is the album title of Shapinska Rock, described as being âa world that creates endless opportunities to make the most of any situationâ. The lyrical references Crystal makes to Gillian Welch and Ani DiFranco in Lucky Girl hint at her musical influences, but this belies a range of musical expression which includes bluegrass, ballads and ballsy dance tunes. The folksy country side of the band is heard on Daughter Little Wins and Lullaby for Shai, songs with sound reminiscent of Kate Wolf and Iris DeMent. Hints of Beatles classic pop rock influence are apparent in Called Off the Borders, while the more intense rock of Patti Smith is evoked in Merry Mary Contrary. Throughout all of their different sounds, Crystal and the Wolves maintain a strong sense of their own identity as a band, led by Crystalâs smooth voice and supported by strong lyrics about the Shapinska Rock world. It shouldnât be long before the Lucky Girl lyrics âSheâs a famous girl/ Got lots of friends and fansâ apply to her."
http://www.torron.net/cd-catw.html

Thank you Ms. Vercillo and Sure Shot Magazine!
cheers,
'wolves

CRYWOLF moved to the country. After a year of living and playing in San Francisco, the wolves relocated to Calaveras County, where the pines are tall and the herds of deer roam. They will still play in San Francisco frequently, but the Mother Lode has them in her sweet sweet embrace - Alleluia!

Crystal and the Wolves are featured in the 101st issue of Intermixx Magazine! Intermixx is dedicated to independent artists.

http://www.intermixx.com/webzine/pdfmags/InterMixx_101.pdf

In an effort to live ever closer to the idea of treading lightly on Mother Nature, we had our record reproduced on cardboard from recycled paper - how cool is that?  there's only a teensy bit of plastic (no more plastic!!!)  who's got tips on minimizing plastic?  we always want to hear them.  

Buy the ECO-friendly record here

howdy loves - hope this AM finds you deliciously micheivious and pondering the petty and the profound...we're putting the final touches on our tour...already Virginia, Philly, New York, Vermont, Chicago, St. Paul, and Denver booked. details coming soon for the guys and dolls who are curious to meet us, who love us as much as we love you, or who know nothing about us except that for some reason we're friends on this*space*.
see ya in the spheres...

Howdy, we're excited to announce our dates for playing at SXSW - a double hitting day of TWO shows on March 15 - in case you miss one you can catch the other!  See the details in our gigs section.  We can't wait to see you there and play to our heart's content. 
love,
Crystal and the Wolves...who loves YOU? that's right, we do.