If you're aiming to help Lolla fan the synthpop flame, be sure to catch Neon Indian on Saturday at 3 p.m. on the Sony stage. The group's mastermind, 23-year-old composer and singer Alan Palomo, will be joined on stage by Jason Faries (drums), Leanne Macomber (keyboard, vocals), and Lars Larsen ("Live Visuals") -- and I must say, I'm excited to see what "live visuals" entails. Neon paint? Indians of either the North American or the Asian persuasion? The band is known for their "party-ready" live show, so anything is possible.
Neon Indian has released two full-length albums -- one in 2009 and one in 2011 -- both of which charted in a variety of Billboard categories, from Electronic to Modern Rock to Independent to a brief peak at #74 on the Top 200. The sound -- for which terms like "chillwave" and "glo-fi" are being coined by the likes of NPR -- is heavy on electronica but maintains poppy licks and song structure, and Palomo's filtered lead vocals hover over the dreamy landscape. The debut album, Pyschic Charms, was produced by music industry heavyweight Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT), and after a joyous reception by music critics, in 2011 the band put out their sophomore album, Era Extraña, which features fewer song samples and more random noises like phone conversations, buzzing, and video game beeps.
But the hands-down coolest thing this band has done is a collaboration with the Flaming Lips as part of the Lips' series of monthly collaborative releases. The EP was released in March 2011, and they performed together on New Year's. Enjoy the mayhem:
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