Alan Palomo

Today in Headlines I Never Thought I'd Write: Neon Indian Films Scenes For a Terrence Malick Movie at the Fader Fort

Ah, yes. So much synergy happens during SXSW. If you've been on the Austin festival circuit in the last six months or so, you may have noticed Christian Bale at Austin City Limits, where he played bongos with Fleet Foxes, or Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara at Fun Fun Fun Fest, which led to a Tumblr dev ... More >>

Four Other "Big Four" Shows We'd Love To See

​The recent Big Four shows featuring thrash-metal kings Metallica, Megadeath, Slayer and Anthrax were massive, epic spectacles that were barely contained by the huge venues they were performed in -- legendary spots such as the Coachella-approved Empire Polo Club and Yankee Stadium, and some Europe ... More >>

Neon Indian Releases Bonus Mixtape With Copies of Deluxe Vinyl Verson of Era Extraña

Mike BrooksNeon Indian at Granada Theater last month​If you're a big enough Neon Indian to have ordered the deluxe vinyl version of their newest album, Era Extraña, then you've probably had a lot of fun playing with the PAL 198X (a mini synthesizer created by Neon Indian singer Alan Palomo in tan ... More >>

Neon Indian, Atmosphere, Jacuzzi Boyz, Erasure and This Weekend's Other Top Shows

Alan Palomo's take on Max Headroom.​With the recent release of their new record, Era Extraña, the once-Denton-dwelling members of Neon Indian are blowing up once again, which means now's as good a time as any to catch them. You can do just that tomorrow night, as they headline the Granada Theater ... More >>

Neon Indian and Astronautalis Both Release Free Downloads of Songs off Upcoming Albums

Astronautalis reads headlines just like the rest of us.​Well this is cool: Today, Neon Indian and Astronautalis -- two locally affiliated acts (not to mention Homegrown Fest '11 performers) whose impending releases we've long been watching -- have both gone and released songs off their upcoming al ... More >>

The Antlers Buck The Brooklyn Trend Machine

Get With the Program

Ableton Live becomes the latest technological advance to shape music.

Notes on The Second Homegrown Festival. Plus: Video of Neon Indian Debuting A New Song.

Danny HurleySeryn's Trenton Wheeler. For more of Danny Hurley's shots from the event, check the slideshow.​In this week's print edition of the Observer, we'll have more -- much, much more -- on this past weekend's Homegrown Music and Art Festival in downtown Dallas' Main Street Garden Park. But, f ... More >>

The Second Homegrown Festival Pulls A Nice Crop

The Antlers, C.J. Ramone and a Whole Mess of Show Announcements

The Antlers​As we mentioned yesterday, The Antlers are fresh off an interesting collaboration with Neon Indian's Alan Palomo, which came shortly after the completion of their album Burst Apart. The album, which which features the band's signature textured layers of guitars and keyboards, has been ... More >>

Last Night At 35 Conferette: Princely Aspirations and Crude Jokes Make Miami Horror's Set Quite The Time.

​Miami Horror5:15 p.m., Main Stage OneHe may be a white guy from Melbourne, Australia, but, of all the artists who come to mind when watching Ben Piant perform as Miami Horror, Prince is the foremost among them. On record, songs like "Soft Light" and "Moon Theory" are pure electropop confection, e ... More >>

Last Night: The Flaming Lips, Neon Indian and New Fumes at the Palladium Ballroom

The Flaming Lips, Neon Indian, New FumesFebruary 3, 2011Palladium BallroomBetter than: realizing that you have the most beautiful face.Mattie StaffordWayne Coyne sits atop a bear during the Flaming Lips' set.​In many regards, last night's performance from the Flaming Lips was exactly like the two ... More >>

Wayne Coyne Shares More On The Upcoming Flaming Lips and Neon Indian Collaboration. Also: Video of Alan Palomo High On Acid?

Wayne CoyneAlan Palomo and his synths... as posted to Wayne Coyne's Twitter feed.​We're just a few days off from The Flaming Lips' and Neon Indian's shared Thursday night bill at the Palladium Ballroom, but, turns out, each of the acts' frontmen are already paired up, working on their anticipated ... More >>

Watch: Lars Larsen's Video Synth Technology Propels Neon Indian's New "Mind, Drips" Video

A screen capture from Lars Larsen's new creation for Neon Indian​Once upon a time, way back when VEGA was the Alan Palomo project garnering the most interest, Neon Indian was introduced as an experimental side project from the creative pop songsmith. But it wasn't just a sonic experiment, this new ... More >>

Miami Horror, Fizzy Dino Pop, Soft Environmental Collapse

Thursday, September 16, at the Granada Theater

Neon Indian Gets the Remix Treatment As Well As A UK Release

Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms​It turns out that while Neon Indian has been blowing up stateside, the folks in the UK haven't heard a peep out of Alan Palomo. That won't be the case much longer. Neon Indian just announced a massive UK release of their debut record, Psychic Chasms, scheduled for Sept ... More >>

Watch: Neon Indian Claims Denton During An Interview at the Pitchfork Music Festival

In the "Wikipedia Files" video series, the above episode of which was shot at this weekend's Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, various bands are questioned about information found on their Wikipedia pages. It's a pretty interesting project from the Chicago radio station, WBEW-89.5 FM Vocalo, and ... More >>

Listomania: The 50 Best Local Songs of 2010.5

Check out these jams!​In last week's paper, I listed my picks the eight best local album releases of the year. Mostly because, well, it's been a hell of a year. From expected delights from Erykah Badu to unanticipated treats from The Beaten Sea, yes, the first half of 2010 has been an incredibly f ... More >>

Bonus MP3s: The Artist Formerly Known as Objektiv One Shares His New Chillwave Side.

Objektiv One is all partied out. So, meet Datahowler.​Tomorrow night at The Door in Dallas, amongst a bill of rather run-of-the-mill mall-punk acts, there exists quite the treat: The Secret Handshake, which as you know, is essentially just Dallas' own Luis Dubuc, will solely be performing songs fr ... More >>

It's Good To Make Time For A Bro, Even After SXSW and NX35.

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Download: Neon Indian -- "Sleep Paralysist"

Mountain Dew: Code Denton​As promised, DFW's own Neon Indian released a new single via Mountain Dew's new Green label Sound entity today, and the song's available as a free download through the label's site. The song, called "Sleep Paralysist," is pretty token Neon Indian, filled with blips, bleep ... More >>

As Opposed To Neon Indian News Today, How About Some Neon Indian Remix News?

Oh, Alan. What goes on in that head of yours?​It's only Monday afternoon and, oh my God, we haven't even posted about Neon Indian this week. Mostly because there's nothing new to tell? More than likely.But, a-ha!, there's this all of a sudden: A couple of new Neon Indian remixes have popped up aro ... More >>

Watch: Neon Indian Says Goodbye To Denton, Finally Owns Up To Its Roots At Saturday's Spune 2K10 Winter Dance Party

Well, despite a slow turnout early on in the evening, Saturday's Spune 2K10 Winter Dance Party featuring Neon Indian, Ishi, and a slew of others turned out to be exactly the massive soirée that many predicted it would be. If you weren't there, well, then you missed out on a truly exceptional showca ... More >>

Darktown Strutters Steps Up Its Game

Starter for '10

A look at 2010's most anticipated DFW album releases

Counting Down the Best Local Albums of '09

Presenting The Best DFW Albums of 2009...

[Editor's Note: In this week's paper, you'll see my picks for the best DFW albums of 2009. Unfortunately, because of space concerns in print, some of the column was cut. So I've decided to print the whole thing here in full. Check it out. Argue away. Do your thing. And check some of our writers' pic ... More >>

Looking Back on the Biggest Local Music Stories of 2009.

Fizzy Dino Pop's Japanese Progression

Electronic Music Moves Its Way Into Other Genres

Denton's FUR Offers Up Two Free Electro-Trance Downloads For Your Futuristic, 1980s Vision Of The Modern Ultralounge Scene.

​Since 2006, Denton-based artist Bryce Isbell's been steadily self-releasing experimental recordings--51 full-length albums and EPs worth of self-released material to date (according to this Facebook page). His first release, Downstairs Room, consisted of a single 45-minute-long freak-folk track t ... More >>

Checking In With St. Vincent, Neon Indian and Nick Jonas. Because, Duh, We're Obsessed.

Because it's OK to kill three birds with one stone...Check the above video, posted to Stereogum this morning, of St. Vincent performing her song "The Party" in Basel, Switzerland, with a little help from her European tourmate, Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear. It's an impressive take--for a few reason ... More >>

St. Vincent And Neon Indian Named To New York Magazine Brooklyn Top 40

​I know, I know. You've had it with daily St. Vincent and Neon Indian updates. All that has to happen now is for St. Vincent to cover "Ice Cream Paint Job" and have Alan Palomo remix it, at which point DC9 would be thrown into a Boolean loop from which it would never emerge. But when I saw the two ... More >>

Hipster Runoff Checks In With Neon Indian's CMJ Debut, Mocks The Indie Bro Obsession With St. Vincent

​Even if you're not a regular reader of its dripping-with-sarcasm content, visiting the oh-so-self-aware Hipster Runoff today is a must for any local music fan, as famed HR webmaster Carles has taken two local products, St. Vincent and Neon Indian, and, more specifically, their fanbases, to task t ... More >>

Pitchfork On Neon Indian: "Best New Music"

Psychic Chasm's cover.​Probably should've seen this coming: Today, Pitchfork honored Neon Indian with its much-sought-after "Best New Music" tag, giving the album an 8.6 on its 10-point scale. As for the review itself? It's loving enough, namedropping some pretty heavy hitters--LCD Soundsystem, Da ... More >>

Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights Made the Best of a Rainy Saturday at ACL.

Teenage Cool Kids and Fergus & Geronimo Take Over San Francisco, The Internet

It's pretty much a three-way tie, far as we're concerned at least, among locals done good in the indie rock circuit this summer. There's Alan Palomo, who's had himself quite the season thanks to the successes of his VEGA and Neon Indian projects. And also the entire crew of Telegraph Canyon, about w ... More >>

VEGA Loses Gear, Asks For Your Help

Richard CardThat cassette tape might be gone now, too...​VEGA got jacked.According to a blog post the band put up on its MySpace page yesterday, someone stole the band's gear on Wednesday night as the band toured through Sacramento, California.As of yet, Alan Palomo and Co. have not canceled VEGA' ... More >>

Good Friday: VEGA, Til We're Blue Or Destroy, Pinebox Serenade, Record Hop, Ella Minnow, Matthew Gray Delves..., ST 37

​This is one of the biggest music weekends in recent memory, and it seems like there's something for everyone regardless of budget or musical taste. First up is the Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson/Johnny Cougar show at Quiktrip Park in Grand Prairie. There are still tickets available, according to the Air ... More >>

The New Hotness: GorillaVsBearcore

Look what you've started, Alan.​Yesterday, a new Neon Indian remix of The Silent League's "Here's a Star" started popping up across the great taste-making sites of these United States, further pushing the buzzworthiness of Alan Palomo's most recent project. And, par for course with most of the mus ... More >>

VEGA Mixes It Up With Nicky Digital

VEGA's Well Known Pleasures EP--you know, the one that was "soon-to-be-released" back in January--is supposed to be available online today from Vogue College Records, though I'll be damned if I can figure out where to download it. Maybe VEGA mastermind Alan Palomo spent too much time working on his ... More >>

Crystal Castles' Cancellation Set Off A Nasty Chain

The Secret Handshake

My Name Up in Lights (Triple Crown)

A Very Hipster New Year

Good Friday: New Science Projects, Zeuss/House Harkonnen, THe BAcksliders, VEGA?, Squeeze, Sean Kirkpatrick, Kate Voegele, Bear Colony, Beard-a-Fit 2

Parade Of Flesh, CEX And Ecstatic Sunshine Try To ‘Peg’ Kettle Date

What Thursday Night Can Be in the Big D