Australian psych-pop duo Empire of the Sun played their first and perhaps last show during an early morning solar eclipse today. The heavily stylized six and a half minute video performance took place during the longest such event of the 21st cen...
A colossal collection of 28,000 rare recordings and samples were made available by The British Library on September 4, in what’s sure to be a boon for musicologists, DJs and anyone else interested in what music sounded like in 1898, the year of t...
Underworld have broken their silence about new recordings they’re working on with ambient maestro Brian Eno. In an exclusive interview with UK radio station BBC6, Underworld reported that they have holed themselves up in a studio in Australia and...
One of Australia’s finest independent labels, Future Classic, will release electronic popster Jamie Lloyd’s Beware of The Light next month. Emanating from Sydney’s Mad Racket scene, Lloyd moved into the limelight after his 2006 debut Trouble Wi...
Australian dance trio Infusion will be releasing their long awaited second album All Night Sun Light this December. The follow up takes a more disco pop-inspired direction, channeling Depeche Mode and Human League. It’s been roughly five years si...
New York punk-funk group The Rapture are working on their fourth as yet untitled album with Cassius’s very own Philippe Zdar.A very exciting prospect indeed, word of the collaboration passed down via an interview Zdar completed whilst recently in...
Stelarc’s artform is unique. Genius or insanity? Come to your own decision! The Australian-based artist considers himself as a living Cyborg, as a platform for his own body-artworks. He developed a third hand, which is controlled only by electric...
BEARDYMAN“I recently toured New Zealand and Australia with Bacardi. I travelled on a train for two days, up the South East coast of Australia from Melbourne to Sydney, stopping off to play two gigs a day. It was crazy. The bands I was touring wit...
There’s only one band that can truly pull off 1980’s majestic chic, that can break through the monotony of electro/new wave mainstream abuse and that can really ‘give you what you want!’ That’s the enviably cool ‘New Young Pony Club’. ‘electronic...
An urban art project started by UK artist Luke Jerram caused quite the musical stir in London over the weekend. Jerram took the unique step of installing 30 stand-alone pianos across the city, upon which anyone was free to play.This idea proved a...