/2011/09/22/spotlight-empire-of-the-sun-we-are-the-people/
{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/09\/22\/spotlight-empire-of-the-sun-we-are-the-people\/","trash":"","name":"spotlight-empire-of-the-sun-we-are-the-people","parent":"","title":"Spotlight: Empire of the Sun - We Are The People","date":"2011-09-22 11:16:10","filepath":"posts\/2000554_spotlight-empire-of-the-sun-we-are-the-people.xml.json","type":"post","content":"MGMT style bands, which appear to have been born of the ashes of Burning Man, have become really popular of late. Much like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/2011\/08\/16\/spotlight-foster-the-people-helena-beat\/\">Foster the People<\/a>, Empire of the Sun sounds like a clone MGMT and is surprisingly very polished (well mastered).\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hN5X4kGhAtU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\nAnytime I see a YouTube music video with saturated with advertising for the band and other mainstream bands (blink 182), I begin to think a lot of money has been spent to reproduce and exploit a certain sound which has already proven to pay off.\n\nThat being said, Empire of the Sun is good and if that's what the record industry wants to spend money on, more power to them. \u00a0It is better than trying to\u00a0resuscitate\u00a0Britney Spears or sell <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS428US428&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=that+signer+kid+that+looks+like+a+girl#hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS428US428&sa=X&ei=3uVvTue2KZPViAL6u-DtBg&ved=0CBcQvwUoAQ&q=that+singer+kid+that+looks+like+a+girl&spell=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.&fp=1044cc90155403b5&biw=1366&bih=667\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Beiber<\/a> to tweens. \u00a0Bonus: the music videos are entertaining.\n\n<em>visit the official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingonadream.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Empire of the Sun site<\/a><\/em>"}}
