Empire of the Sun performs at the Outdoor Theatre during the 2011 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio. (2011/File Photo)
There’s been a lot of buzz about the new Empire of the Sun record “Ice on the Dune.” The Australian purveyors of electro pop put on of the most memorable Coachella Festival sets in my tenure of covering the festival back in 2011. I hope they’ll be back in Indio in 2014–I had to leave the set a little early to make sure I was at the main stage in time for Arcade Fire.
Anyway, it was unlike anything I had ever seen–like Prince meets the Solid Gold dancers from outer space.
“Walking on a Dream” still holds up.
Here’s the new single “Alive.”