Neon Indian is Alan Palomo, the 21-year-old synth-wizard who first created waves as VEGA. After writing a batch of off-the-cuff recordings that weren’t quite right as VEGA songs, Palomo released them as Neon Indian and what started as a careless outlet for ideas too offbeat to fit the VEGA mold has since gone on to define a genre. His critically acclaimed début album Psychic Chasms, which was released in October 2009, has been featured in SPIN, Rolling Stone, Wall Street Journal and FADER among others. In Feb. 2010 he made his late night TV debut with a performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. “Sleep Paralysist” was written by Neon Indian lead-man Alan Palomo; the track was recorded and produced in collaboration with Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear in Brooklyn at Taylor’s elusive musical dungeon, Terrible Studios. This is Neon Indian’s first new offering since the release of Psychic Chasms.
NEON INDIAN
03/10 Montreal, QC Le Belmont
03/11 Toronto, ONT Lee’s Palace $
03/12 Buffalo, NY Big Orbit’s Soundlab
03/14 Denton, TX Rubber Gloves
03/17 Austin, TX SXSW RED 7 / Force Field PR & Terrorbird Media 3:00PM
03/18 Austin, TX SXSW Levi’s / Fader Fort 3:45PM
03/19 Austin, TX SXSW Club Deville / Green Label Sound / Club Deville 11:00PM
03/19 Austin, TX SXSW Emo’s / Pitchfork & Windish 5:00PM
03/20 Austin, TX SXSW Mess With Texas 8:00PM
03/22 Monterrey, Mexico MtyMx Festival
03/26 San Francisco, CA Mezzanine #%
05/31 George, WA Sasquatch
06/10 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo
06/19 Denver, CO Westword Music Showcase
# = w/ Nite Jewel
% = w/ Nice Nice
$ = w/ Little Dragon, Speech Debelle, New Look
Neon Indian
Psychic Chasms
(Lefse)
Street date: Oct. 13, 2009
1. (AM)
2. Deadbeat Summer
3. Laughing Gas
4. Terminally Chill
5. (If I knew, I’d tell you)
6. 6669 (i dont know if you know)
7. Should have taken acid with you
8. Mind, Drips
9. Psychic Chasms
10. Local Joke
11. Ephemeral Artery
12. 7000 (reprise)
NEON INDIAN LINKS:
MySpace – myspace.com/neonindian
Label Page – lefserecords.com