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MUSIC WEEK: Unearthed - 17.01.09.
Tipped by critics as ones to watch in 2009, the Virgin-signed Australian duo look primed for chart action
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
this australian duo is the collective effort of Nick Littlemore of Pnau and Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson, two Australian groups who have accumulated enough critical acclaim in their own right to warrant sitting up straight and paying close attention.
And paying attention is exactly what UK media has been doing since the title track and lead single from Empire Of The Sun's debut album, Walking On A Dream, began surfacing on blogs last year. Entering 2009, the duo can boast a united front of support from the British media, topping critics' polls and tips for the new year. For Virgin, this support will form the foundation of their launch platform for the year ahead.
"There has been a very natural momentum for the band, which is making life very easy at the moment," says marketing manager Anna Derbyshire.
The illustrators at Sydney design studio Debaser, which is behind the painted artwork for the group's debut, have been enlisted to create unique works for media throughout the ...
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...looking duo as the ones to watch in 2009. Clueless Asked to picture Empire of the Sun, or Aussie boys Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore, and you'd probably think we'd gone mad. But start with gangly males dressed in electric blue Shanghai...
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(From Derby Evening Telegraph) Walking On A DREAM EMPIRE OF THE SUN LUKE Steele and Nick Littlemore are a new duo that took their homeland of Australia by storm and are hoping to repeat that success this side of the world - and...
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(From The Daily Star) Byline: KIM DAWSON EMPIRE OF THE SUN: THIS Aussie duo - AKA Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore - make tunes that transport you to another world and time. First single Walking On A Dream, with its echoes of Fleetwood Mac...
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Empire Of The Sun We Are The People (Virgin) The second single from the Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore's debut album will keep Empire Of The Sun building well into the summer. We Are the People is a cleanly-produced, upbeat...
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...you can ask. (single, November 24) EMPIRE OF THE SUN Walking On a Dream Virgin Sleepy Jackson frontman Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore from Pnau collaborate on this psychedelic side project that blends killer pop hooks with clever, dreamy...
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- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire April 20, 2009 700+ words
...Daily Star) Byline: KIM DAWSON EMPIRE Of The Sun tunesmith Nick littlemore is ready to sprinkle a little musical magic over Groove Armada...these two guys I'd never met before." Nick and bandmate Luke Steele, 29, whose album Walking On A Dream is one of my faves...
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- Magazine article from: Music Week February 21, 2009 700+ words
...arrival at the top of the Upfront club chart, where mixes from Kaskade, Van She and Sam La More - brother of the band's Nick Littlemore - send it soaring to the summit with a 13.38% victory margin over new runner-up Emma Deigman's Tell Your Mama. I...
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...with five loan signings. In addition to Johnson, goalkeeper Luke Steele has arrived from Manchester United. The highly-rated 20...North End at Highfield Road on Saturday. Coventry (from): Luke Steele, Scott Shearer, Dean Leacock, Adrian Williams, Florent...
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...Kieran Richardson, Chris Eagles and promising young goalkeeper Luke Steele from outside that range, and settling them in the Manchester...youngsters like Richardson, Eagles, Lee Sims, Eddie Johnson and Luke Steele because they had alre