“Sleep Paralysist” is the latest free single to sprout up out of the Green Label Sound vaults. In the passed, they’ve released new, free tracks from Matt & Kim, The Cool Kids, Chromeo and Theophilus London. Today, Neon Indian graces the front page of the label’s website. “Sleep Paralysist” was co-produced by Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo and Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor. I can already hear the distorted chillgaze/glo-fi synths on Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest follow-up, can you?
If you recall, Toro Y Moi’s masterful 2009 hit “Blessa” was included in Scott Curtis‘ Pretty Much Perfect mixtape, along with a helluva bunch of great tunes. Well we now have a music video for “Blessa,” watch it above.
“Blessa” is from Causers of This, out 2/23 on Carpark Records. Download the freebie single below:
Toro Y Moi is on tour and I suggest you check them out. Follow the link for tour dates: Continue reading →
Photo by Red Dahlia
Calling this “This Week’s Touring News” makes little sense since it’s been a while since we’ve talked about new tour dates, but let’s keep everything simple and uniform, shall we? Read on for new tour dates for Wilco, Kid Cudi, Yeasayer, Miike Snow, Neon Indian, The Antlers (with the Editors), The Big Pink (with A Place To Bury Strangers), Mos Def (with DOOM), Dan Black and Girl Talk. Continue reading →
Dream Cop is Tommy Davidson, the latest tape musician to find himself on my radar. While we haven’t been crazy about listening to this type of stuff for prolonged periods of time (read: Neon Indian, Washed Out), we do enjoy a warm, fuzzy track (read: Neon Indian, Washed Out), and that is exactly what “Basement Tapes” is.
MP3: Dream Cop – Basement Tapes
Listen to the nearly-as-good “Warm Thrash” at Dream Cop’s Myspace page.
Photo Courtesy of Force Field PR
Neon Indian, whose album perplexed us, has remixed Grizzly Bear’s “Cheerleader” — off the PMA-adored Veckatimest — not once, but twice. As expected, the remixes sound like Grizzly Bear through a psychedelic lo-fi filter. What wasn’t expected was how well Grizzly Bear wears this filter.
The first remix is called “Neon Indian ‘Sega Genesis P-Orridge’ Remix” and is a bit more up-beat than its sister-remix; the closest thing to a club banger you’ll ever hear from Neon Indian or Grizzly Bear. But things don’t kick into gear until the second remix starts playing, the “Neon Indian ‘Studio 6669′ Remix)”. It’s smoother and feels stronger than most of Neon Indian’s Psychic Chasms LP. Listen to the remixes below: Continue reading →
Photo by Vince Kmeron
New tour dates have been announced for Phoenix, Vampire Weekend, The Big Pink, Hot Chip, The xx, Passion Pit, Japandroids, St. Vincent, Jay-Z, Neon Indian, and Fiery Furnaces. Full dates after the jump: Continue reading →
Don’t forget to rate this album at the end of the post (something I’m trying out)
Neon Indian
Psychic Chasms
Lefse
out October 13th
64/100
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I’m pretty sure that if Neon Indian had come around ten or fifteen years ago, he would have been laughed at, dismissed as quickly as he has burst onto the scene. But here, in the context of this year’s bizarro lo-fi resurrection that we find ourselves living through, Neon Indian is a logical next step. It’s Passion Pit for the Gorilla vs. Bear crowd. What a strange turn of events.
Luckily, Alan Palomo, the man behind Neon Indian’s tunes, acknowledges his precarious position in the world of popular music. In an interview with Pitchfork, Palomo admitted, “I’d be lying if I said lo-fi was a completely gimmick-free genre. It’s an old trick to just cover songs in reverb and distortion– one I’ve been guilty of in the past.” He went on to later say that, “I do have some ambivalence towards lo-fi where it stands right now. There’s so much stuff coming out on blogs and I have this impending anxiety as to whether it’s going to become another electro disaster.” I’m right there with Palomo. We’re on the verge of lo-fi overload – perhaps half a year away from the type of backlash that surrounds bloghouse and autotune. Continue reading →
Quicky: Neon Indian remixes my favorite Au Revoir Simone track, and the result, as you might have expected, is immensely awesome. Props to Gorilla vs Bear.
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I’ve made note that the first time I blogged about Neon Indian, I mentioned that I was still “on the fence” with them. Consider me off that fence.It took me a while, but I’ve come to realize that Neon Indian are making some fantastic tunes.
This one in particular is quite nice. Staying true to the genre of Pitchfork-approved electronic music, or Pitchforkwavegaze/ConceptualBlogCore, “6669″ is atmospheric and light, hopping from one brain cell to the next.
Neon Indian’s debut LP hits stores October 13th. Listen to “6669″ now. Continue reading →
Neon Indian, a mysterious electronic outfit a la Burial, The Golden Filter. Because I’m not a fan of secrets, I really didn’t bother with Neon Indian, but once I heard Alan Palomo (of VEGA fame) was behind all this, my interest was once again sparked. Palomo has collaborated with NYC video artist Alicia Scardetta to form the positively creative Neon Indian. Neon Indian’s debut full-length album, Psychic Chasms will hit shelves at your local record store on October 13th through Lefse Records.
Neon Indian and their “Terminally Chill” and “Deadbeat Summer” have been crafted specifically for fans of VEGA (who has been criminally ignored by PMA, by the way) or even for people looking for a decidedly less poppy Discovery. Listen to them here Continue reading →
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