Empire Of The Sun's sense of silliness was beyond apparent when they released the trailer for their sophomore album Ice On The Dune. We continue where it left off in the video for first single…   Read Story »

Last month, with great fanfare, Australian synth-rock stars Empire Of The Sun announced the impending release of their sophomore album Ice On The Sun. That album's goofily epic trailer might've…   Read Story »

The Australian dance-rock duo Empire Of The Sun are massively popular, and they always show up near the top of festival bills despite only having one song that everyone knows. And judging by the…   Read Story »

The single day, two stage Governors Ball brought Big Boi, Girl Talk, Empire Of The Sun, Pretty Lights, Neon Indian, Das Racist, and a Passion Pit DJ set to NYC's Governors Island on Saturday. It was…   Read Story »

While we wait for Kanye's Super Secret Surprise Guests (Rebecca Black?), let's glance back at yesterday's highlights. AnCo, Erykah Badu, Arcade Fire, Big Audio Dynamite, Bright Eyes, Cults, Suede,…   Read Story »

When we posted the Outside Lands festival lineup, we mentioned how the San Fransisco festival tried to fit it "between a jam and a rock space," especially with Further (featuring the Grateful…   Read Story »

Even if you're not a fan (I'm not) you gotta give Green Day credit, first for introducing Lookout! to mall-punks back in the day, later for showcasing political awareness on an MTV-sized scale. Now…   Read Story »

There could not have been a more apt ID3 than that of Freelance Hellraiser's "Stroke Of Genius," the MP3 that launched this decade's most fitting musical legacy. Parts of two or three or thirty…   Read Story »

EOTS/ex-Sleepy Jackson man Luke Steele has the hook on The Blueprint 3's opening salvo "What We Talkin' About" because Jay-Z loves his indie. On cue to capitalize on that leak, Luke's released the…   Read Story »

Blueprint 3 is out 9/11, eight years to the day of The Blueprint's release, and Jay-Z is pulling out all the publicity stops. Over the weekend he courted the commie pothead demo via an appearance on…   Read Story »