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Neon Indian

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    May 14, 2012

    Your Comprehensive Guide to Band Names as Food

    Using the Schrodinger equation, in conjunction with a quantum harmonic oscillator to efficiently fuse two non-sentient objects together, we here at DC9 at Night have created a  giant-ass list. Please be cautious when reading, as prolonged exposure can lead to headaches, extreme diaphragm tensio ... More >>

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    January 6, 2012

    House of Plates Knows You Want To See a DJ Eat BBQ

    Back in December, we reviewed Jacques Renault's hyped set at Rio Room. And then, House of Plates, a Dallas blog that gracefully mixes music with food, documented Renault eating at Lockhart Smokehouse. Yes, barriers were broken. As food and music continue to culturally intersect, and as restaurants ... More >>

  • Music

    December 29, 2011

    Lights All Night

    Friday, December 30 & Saturday, December 31, at Dallas Convention Center

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    December 19, 2011

    Homegrown Music Fest 2012 Gets a Date, Bro Fest Announces More Acts

    Coliseum​...And that date is Saturday, May 26, at Main Street Garden Park. This year's Homegrown Music and Art Festival rallied the local music community around standouts like Gallery Cat, Astronautalis, Neon Indian, Burning Hotels and more. As local music festivals go, 2012 promises to trump that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Neon Indian to Join Brooklyn's The Antlers on Forthcoming EP

    Neon Indian's Alan Palomo​This year's Burst Apart from Booklyn's The Antlers is looking really good for our year-end top ten list. The expansive, textured, stoned-out pop goes over even better live than on the record, as we learned when the band passed through town at The Loft last June.About a mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Watch: Neon Indian Returns to Late Night, Again Finds Jimmy Fallon In Love With Them

    Alan Palomo and the NBC logo.​No, James T. Fallon did not join Neon Indian for their performance on his Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show last night. But he did geek out on them. Yes, again.This time, Fallon's mind was blown by the band's new PAL 198X synth, which he gave a nice plug before introd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Spoon, Black Lips, Cannibal Corpse and Others Join Still-Growing Fun Fun Fun Fest Bill

    ​Further proof that Fun Fun Fun Fest is making a serious run at Austin City Limits as the go-to Austin-based music festival this fall: Today, rather unexpectedly, the three-day, Transmission Entertainment-promoted event has added a few more names to its bill, including Austin heroes and ACL vets S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Watch Neon Indian's Live Debut of "Polish Girl," Plus A Sweet, New Fan-Made Clip For The Song

    Back in May, we posted a clip of Neon Indian debuting a new song during their performance at the second annual Homegrown Festival in downtown Dallas. The clip was quickly taken down -- like, within a day -- by the band and their management. Seems that, though the band was debuting new material, they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Watch: Capturing The Early Afternoon Joys of the Second Annual Homegrown Festival...

    Neff Conner​Speaking of fond memories of the Homegrown Festival,we'd now like to point your direction in a very nice clip our friends over at You Dallas produced during the Homegrown Festival in Main Street Garden Park a few weekends ago. In the clip, which you can watch after the jump, you'll see ... More >>

  • Music

    May 19, 2011

    The Homegrown Fest Bore Some Nice Fruits

    Neff Conner​Speaking of fond memories of the Homegrown Festival,we'd now like to point your direction in a very nice clip our friends over at You Dallas produced during the Homegrown Festival in Main Street Garden Park a few weekends ago. In the clip, which you can watch after the jump, you'll see ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Good Friday: Homegrown Music & Art Festival, and the Rest of This Weekend's Shows

    Seriously: Does anyone have any new photos of Neon Indian?​This weekend's biggest show will give local music fans a good reason to get outside: On Saturday, Homegrown Music & Art Festival will feature performances from Neon Indian, School of Seven Bells and a handful of other bands with local ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Watch: Neon Indian Collaborates With The Antlers

    Wanna jam with Alan Palomo? Unless you're The Flaming Lips or The Antlers, his hands are tied.​It looks like Neon Indian's Alan Palomo enjoyed his collaboration with the Flaming Lips so much that he got together with some other musician folks from his newish neighborhood, Brooklyn's The Antlers. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Neon Indian To Debut New Material at the May 14 Homegrown Festival in Downtown Dallas

    Discovering new music is fun, ain't it?​ Given the news we shared with you back on 4/20 (nyuck, nyuck), perhaps this shouldn't come as much of a surprise. Nonetheless, thanks to a post on Neon Indian's Facebook page, we can now confirm it: The band will be debuting new material from their upcoming ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Wayne Coyne To Hand-Deliver Flaming Lips' Gummy Skull EPs to Good Records at 2 P.M.

    Danny FulgencioWayne Coyne, just a few weeks ago at Good Records.​Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, it turns out, is a man of his word. At the start of the calendar year, Coyne, in a sit-down with Rolling Stone, said that his band, in part inspired by Kanye West, would be releasing music on a mon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Neon Indian Offers Sneak Peek of New Record

    Alan Palomo​It's kind of mind-boggling to think of how Alan Palomo has found time to write and record new music for his side-project-turned-main-gig, Neon Indian. Since blowing up a few years back, the guy's appeared to be omnipresent, saturating the blogosphere longer than anyone predicted with F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    SXSW 2011 Buzz Power Rankings: Kanye Is On Top For Now... And Pretty Easily, Too.

    You can do it, put your stinger into it.​South by Southwest is a static thing -- both in theory and in practice. It's a chance for bands to fans to see the established acts they've been wanting to see and for new, up-and-coming acts to try and make names for themselves. And that latter part very m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Neon Indian To Collaborate With Flaming Lips?

    Danny FulgencioWayne Coyne at NX35 2010.​On Tuesday, Wayne Coyne posted a tweet indicating that a collaboration between his band The Flaming Lips and the similarly I-35-sprung Neon Indian was in the works -- even going so far as to post to the social networking site a link to a 46-second clip of h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    The Top 20 Local Music Videos of 2010

    ​Back in the day, there was a place for music videos -- on television, and, namely, on the few glorious stations that played them. For the most part, though, those stations are no more -- or they've changed formats so much that the remnants of their storied pasts have become nothing but a distant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Bonus MP3: Neon Indian -- "Children of the Revolution (T. Rex Cover)"

    Alan Palomo​If his last Facebook and Twitter status updates are to be believed, then, at this very moment, Alan Palomo is holed up somewhere in Helsinki, working on a follow-up to Neon Indian's 2009 breakthrough debut, Psychic Chasms. And, furthermore, he's currently enjoying a radio silence, cutt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Today In Music News: Kanye May Be Filming Movie, Neon Indian Goes Blue And Weezer Adopt-A-Song

    Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, September 2, 2010...You can say what you want about Kanye's personality quirks. But, he's always trying to push his art to the next level. To that end, the rapper/producer is reportedly shooting a companion film for his new album.When you think ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Neon Indian's Gravy Train Keeps Rolling, Now With Moby and MTV's Stamps of Approval.

    Neon Indian's Alan Palomo. And, before you ask: Yes, those are his real eyes.​The red-hot promo train just keeps rolling for the North Texas-bred Neon Indian, whose next stop back here at home will take place on Tuesday, October 5, at the Granada Theater.On Friday, the band (Alan Palomo, Ronnie Gi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Tracklist: The Local Hang, Vol. 11

    ​Had another good time at The Libertine last night for the first-Monday-of-the-month "DJ" night/party/bad decision called The Local Hang, where your ears get stuffed with nothing but local music, because those are the rules. At least, I hope it was a good time. This throbbing sensation between my ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Neon Indian To Release Deluxe Edition of Psychic Chasms, Stateside

    Artwork for Mind Ctrl: Psychic Chasms Possessed​Lately our coverage of Neon Indian has been a near-daily affair, but the Denton band just keeps cranking out big news. Earlier in the week we told you about the UK release of Psychic Chasms, featuring a bonus remix disc called Mind Ctrl: Psychic Chas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Picture Show: St. Vincent, Neon Indian at Pitchfork Music Festival 2010

    Jason StoffSee more photos of Pitchfork Music Fest in Westword's slideshow: The Women of Pitchfork Music Festival 2010​While we were busing sweating eyeballs at Lucero, Dallas friends St. Vincent and Neon Indian were in Chicago for Pitchfork Music Festival. We certainly weren't ignoring them. It w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    DOMAXXII: Announcing Your 2010 Dallas Observer Music Awards Winners!

    ​Well, we made it through the madness. Many, many, many thank yous to everyone who attended last night's awards ceremony and/or Saturday's showcase. Both were shockingly well-attended, and both were, really, fun beyond our highest expectations.Also, real quick: A special shout-out to Observer mark ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Locals on Locals: Shiny Around The Edges Covers Neon Indian's "Should've Taken Acid With You."

    Shiny Around The Edges has a lot going on these days. Aside from following Air Review's lead and making the above video, in which they rearrange the melody and general mood of fellow Dallas Observer Music Award nominee Neon Indian's "I Should Have Taken Acid With You," the Best Experimental/Avant Ga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Tracklist: The Local Hang with Playlister P, Vol. 10

    ​Another month, another Local Hang at the Libertine, where, every first Monday of the month, bar owner Simon McDonald lets me take over his room's P.A. and fill his patrons' ears with nothing but local music. And, despite an especially long, trying weekend of partying, people still showed. Go figu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    DOMA XXII: And The Nominees Are...

    ​Well, we did it. Just minutes ago, we reached 300 followers on Twitter for our @DOMATweets account. Which means, as promised, it's time to reveal the ballots.After the jump, feel free to peruse the ballot for your 2010 Dallas Observer Music Awards. And, in the comments, go to town on your thought ... More >>

  • Music

    May 20, 2010

    Ishi Gives Dallas What It Wants

    ​Well, we did it. Just minutes ago, we reached 300 followers on Twitter for our @DOMATweets account. Which means, as promised, it's time to reveal the ballots.After the jump, feel free to peruse the ballot for your 2010 Dallas Observer Music Awards. And, in the comments, go to town on your thought ... More >>

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    April 6, 2010

    Tracklist: The Local Hang with Playlister P, Vol. 7

    Kind of amazing.​Another month, another Local Hang at The Libertine. Thanks to everyone who came out. It was great to see you. You all rock. I hope it was a good time. If not, well, at least I know I enjoyed it. So, y'know, there's that.Anyway, I hope to see you all out next first Monday of the mo ... More >>

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    April 5, 2010

    This Week in Dallas Music History: This Recession's Killing the Music Scene.

    ​Perhaps this is a bit presumptuous of me, but we could be on the rebound from the recession that started on 2008. If nothing else, though, we're a great deal away from the 1992 recession, which, turns out, kinda dogged the DFW live music scene pretty hard.The April 2, 1992 edition of the Observer ... More >>

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    March 25, 2010

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

    ​Perhaps this is a bit presumptuous of me, but we could be on the rebound from the recession that started on 2008. If nothing else, though, we're a great deal away from the 1992 recession, which, turns out, kinda dogged the DFW live music scene pretty hard.The April 2, 1992 edition of the Observer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Alan Palomo Fends Off Nylon Interviewer's Flirtations With Tale Of Alien Visit

    Hipster Runoff has a pretty funny take on this Nylon video interview with Alan Palomo of Neon Indian, in which the interviewer seems to be taking the "Band Crush" series title a bit literally. As Carles says, interviewer Becka Diamond asks "a bunch of relevant questions from 1 year ago," like "True ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    What It Was Like: Eighteen Bands In Twelve Hours.

    Pete FreedmanLA's Local Natives offered up the finest set of SXSW's second day.​ The second day of SXSW 2010 proved quite the copious one--and, for this here showgoer, a fortunate one. Seemed every time I popped into a different venue, another band was just cuing up its set. In total, SXSW brought ... More >>

  • Music

    March 11, 2010

    10 Must-See Acts To Catch at NX35

    Pete FreedmanLA's Local Natives offered up the finest set of SXSW's second day.​ The second day of SXSW 2010 proved quite the copious one--and, for this here showgoer, a fortunate one. Seemed every time I popped into a different venue, another band was just cuing up its set. In total, SXSW brought ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    NX35 Adds Neon Indian, Others to Lineup; Tickets Now On Sale

    ​Originally, tickets for this year's second go-'round of the NX35 Music Conferette were supposed to go on sale yesterday. A few software glitches go in the way, but more important point is this: Tickets are now on sale, so go get 'em. Four-day passes will set you back only $65; single-night passes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    One Last Year-End List: 2009's Best Concerts

    ​Listen: My job description requires me to see a lot of concerts. More than is probably healthy, to be honest. I'm out at least three nights a week (often more like five or six) seeing local or national shows around town. Believe me, I'm not complaining. But, when you see that many shows a year, y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to Monday Night's Granada Theater Show with Neon Indian, Fizzy Dino Pop and Ishi

    Quite the all-out dance-party bill at the Granada Theater on this upcoming Monday night, featuring the oh-so-hip (and all-around DC9-approved) bill of Neon Indian, Fizzy Dino Pop and Ishi, three acts we've been drooling over pretty hard for the past six months or so.No need to hype these acts up an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    St. Vincent and Neon Indian Land On Pitchfork's Best Tracks of '09 List.

    Don't act surprised, Annie. You knew this was coming.​Even more accolades for Dallas' St. Vincent today--plus some for the similarly Dallas-bred Neon Indian, too.Both acts, already clear 2009 darlings in the eyes of Pitchfork, landed on the taste-making site's Best Tracks of 2009 list this morning ... More >>

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    December 3, 2009

    Fizzy Dino Pop's Japanese Progression

    Don't act surprised, Annie. You knew this was coming.​Even more accolades for Dallas' St. Vincent today--plus some for the similarly Dallas-bred Neon Indian, too.Both acts, already clear 2009 darlings in the eyes of Pitchfork, landed on the taste-making site's Best Tracks of 2009 list this morning ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Gorilla Vs. Bear Year-End List Is Surprisingly Less GorillaVsBearcore Than Anticipated

    ​Not that our friends over at the ridiculously popular, highly influential Dallas-based music blog Gorilla Vs. Bear exactly need our help in drawing attention to their site, but today certainly merits a visit over to their confines today, as the site has released its year-end list of top albums. N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Fun Fun Fun Fest Recap in Photos: Neon Indian, SSION, Lucero, Of Montreal and More

    Photos by Patrick MichelsSsion's Cody Critcheloe works the crowd Saturday afternoon. Check out more photos in our slide show.​ For the second straight month, a big music event opened in Austin last weekend to fine weather and revelers decked out in their festival finest. Then, as with October's AC ... More >>

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    November 3, 2009

    Tracklist: The Local Hang With Playlister P, Vol. 2

    ​Thanks again to all who stopped by The Libertine last night for the second installment of my monthly local music sermon called The Local Hang.The plan was pretty simple: No repeats from last month. But, oh well, I screwed that up--like embarrassingly early on, too, actually, if you wanna compare ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    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 >>

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