w/ Spirit Spine & DJ Phenom
Thursday, October 29
9:30 pm
$8
18+
Presented by Spirit of '68 Promotions and Dope Couture
Every once in a while there is a genre of music that seems to spawn out of the blogosphere and quickly snowball into an overnight phenomenon. Right now that genre is "chillwave" and the undisputed leader of the movement is Neon Indian. Neon Indian is the brainchild of Alan Palomo, formerly of electro-punk band GhostHustler. In addition to Neon Indian, he is still recording by himself using the moniker VEGA.
Neon Indian has one of the vaguest, yet most telling artist descriptions I have ever seen on a record label's website. "Orbiting around the themes of drug induced heartbreak, weary afternoons, and lost chances, this music provides a lush soundtrack to the deadbeat exploits of teenage ennui." I couldn't have said it any better. Also, instead of using an actual picture, they opted instead to post an animated GIF of Kate Bush's head, which makes total sense to me. According to their MySpace, one band member plays the "zzzzzzbbbbbrrrrzzzzzpshhhhh" and another is in charge of "Laptop, cellphone, finger wagging."
Neon Indian is touring behind their new album, Psychic Chasms, which was named Best New Music by Pitchfork, and is out now on Lefse Records.
According to the Pitchfork Twitter, Neon Indian's performance at the 2009 CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival this weekend "was a monster," so be sure to check out the drug-induced chillwave experience when it comes to Bloomington this week.
Check out a couple of their jams:
-David Ray
