Jun 09, 2023 By Mark Redfern (with Kat Ramkumar)

Welcome to the 21st Songs of the Week of 2023. The theme this week was horns, three of the songs in the Top 4 feature some sort of brass instrument (saxophone, etc.). Stricken with indecision, we settled on a Top 13 this week. More

Jun 06, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo has announced his first album under his own name, World of Hassle, and shared a new song from it, the jazzy “Stay-At-Home DJ,” via a lyric video. More

May 01, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo has shared his first single under his own name, “Nudista Mundial ’89,” which features Mac DeMarco. It was shared via an animated video inspired by the 1980s adult video game Leisure Suit Larry, in which Palomo and DeMarco go to Ibiza and search for a nude beach party. More

Nov 15, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. Lots of big songs this week from some notable artists, so the pickings weren’t slim. More

Nov 14, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) has returned with a brand new song, “Toyota Man.” It’s a Spanish language track (a first for Neon Indian) that’s a satire of the immigration crisis and comes via an amusing self-directed video that was filmed on the U.S./Mexico border and features kids with bats chasing a man with a Trump piñata head, among other things. More

Jul 16, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) has announced some new tour dates for this fall. Dubbed the Invasion Musical Total tour, the dates go down this October and November. More

Aug 16, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) released his excellent new album, VEGA INTL. Night School, last October via Mom + Pop. It was #20 on our Top 100 albums of 2015 list. Now the album’s single “Annie” has a video. It was seemingly shot on VHS and has a late-‘80s/early-‘90s vibe and appears to take place in 1993. In it Palomo is searching for his kidnapped girlfriend Annie, who is played by Leanne Macomber of Young Ejecta. More

May 23, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Prince passed away at his home last month and the Prince tributes and covers have been fittingly constant ever since. Now Neon Indian‘s Alan Palomo has teamed up with various musicians to cover Prince’s “Pop Life,” a track from Prince’s 1985 album Around the World in a Day. More

Dec 18, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) released his excellent new album, VEGA INTL. Night School, in October via Mom + Pop. It was #20 on our Top 100 albums of 2015 list. Now the album’s single “Annie” has been remixed by Martin Rev of ‘70s icons Suicide. Check out the remix below (apparently Annie is now acting in a dirty movie). More

Nov 18, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) released his excellent new album, VEGA INTL. Night School, last month via Mom + Pop. Now the band has extended their tour and announced a few 2016 dates. The dates are below, followed by the band’s funny fake retro-styled phone hotline commercial and the “Slumlord Rising” video/short film. More

Nov 13, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the November/December 2015 issue, which is available digitally now (via the magazine apps Zinio and Readly), has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. It will also soon be available digitally via Under the Radar‘s app, as well as Readbug and Kindle. The issue features EL VY (Matt Berninger of The National and Brent Knopf of Menomena and Ramona Falls) on the cover. More

Nov 03, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) released his excellent new album, VEGA INTL. Night School, last month via Mom + Pop. Now the band has shared a funny retro-styled commercial for a phone hotline where you can call 512-643-VEGA and if you leave your number you’ll get a personal call back from Palomo or some shady older man named Allan DeBarge (“call Allan & Alan”). More

Oct 22, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) released his excellent new album, VEGA INTL. Night School, last Friday via Mom + Pop. Now the band has shared a new live performance video for the Night School track “The Glitzy Hive.” More

Oct 19, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) released his excellent new album, VEGA INTL. Night School, last Friday via Mom + Pop. Now the band has shared a new short film entitled “Slumlord Rising,” which is essentially a music video for the VEGA INTL. Night School tracks “Slumlord” and “Slumlord’s Re-Lease,” which run seamlessly back-to-back on the album as one composition. More

Oct 13, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) is releasing a new album, VEGA INTL. Night School, this Friday (October 16) via Mom + Pop. Last night Palomo and his band performed the album’s first single, “Annie,” on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. It’s a colorful and high energy performance and you can watch it below. More

Oct 12, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) is releasing a new album, VEGA INTL. Night School, this Friday (October 16) via Mom + Pop. Now you can stream the whole thing. More

Oct 08, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) is releasing a new album, VEGA INTL. Night School, next Friday (October 16) via Mom + Pop. Now he has shared a new song from it, “The Glitzy Hive.” Zane Lowe premiered the song today on Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio and it’s now been posted online. Listen below. More

Aug 14, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Back in May Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) shared a new single entitled “Annie,” but there was no word on a new album. Today Palomo has finally announced the follow-up to 2011’s Era Extraña and shared a new single from it. More

Aug 05, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Back in May Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) shared a new single. Entitled “Annie,” it was perhaps the first taste of the new album he’s been working on, the follow-up to 2011’s Era Extraña. Now the band has announced some new West Coast tour dates to go down in August and September. More

May 26, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) has released a new single to YouTube. Entitled “Annie,” perhaps it’s the first taste of the new album he’s been working on, the follow-up to 2011’s Era Extraña. More

Apr 01, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Neon Indian has announced the release of an upcoming remix EP titled ERRATA ANEX. More

Dec 20, 2012 By Laura Studarus

It’s not a stretch to say that there’s a cinematic quality to Alan Palomo’s music. Writing and performing as Neon Indian, Palomo has released two albums of glowly electro pop (most recently 2011’s Era Extraña) that are vibrant enough to suggest specific times and places, but “chill” enough to leave their interpretation up to the listener. More

Nov 15, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art is doing its best to reach out to the cool kids. The institution recently commissioned Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo to write and score a short film. More

Nov 09, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

As the victims of Hurricane Sandy continue their recovery in the immediate aftermath of the storm, many of the nation’s musical artist have been offering a means of raising money for the relief effort. More

Mar 21, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Sure it’s not unusual to see musicians hanging out with stars—but there’s a little more to this shot of Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo whispering sweet nothings in Rooney Mara’s ear. More

Mar 05, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Check out Twin Shadow’s take on Neon Indian track, “Hex Girlfriend.” More

Feb 03, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

This morning Neon Indian debuted an official video for the Era Extraña track “Fallout,” and one thing’s for sure, it’s not subtle. More

Dec 23, 2011 By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus

Under the Radar‘s Best of 2011 Issue has shipped out to subscribers and will be hitting newsstands soon. The issue features three unique covers, each featuring an artist behind one of our Top 5 albums of the year: M83, The Horrors, and Bon Iver. The issue also takes a look back at other artists who have made a splash in 2011, including Beirut, Anna Calvi, EMA, Florence and the Machine, Gang Gang Dance, Neon Indian, PJ Harvey, R.E.M., SBTRKT, Slow Club, St. Vincent, Summer Camp, tUnE-yArDs, and Yuck. More

Dec 06, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Neon Indian has unveiled a massive list of tour dates throughout North America in support of the band’s sophomore album, Era Extraña. More

Nov 18, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Neon Indian took some time out to perform “Hex Girlfriend,” a cut from recently released sophomore album Era Extraña. We have the clip. More

Oct 25, 2011 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Check out photos of Neon Indian and Com Truise performing at Webster Hall on Friday October 21st, 2011 for the CMJ Music Festival. Photographer Evan Smith was there to capture the action. See the full gallery here. More

Oct 24, 2011 By Mi Tran

People who bought the deluxe vinyl version of Neon Indian‘s latest album, Era Extraña were treated to an untitled mixtape. More

Sep 15, 2011 By Natasha Moningka

Last night, Neon Indian were the musical guests on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. More

Sep 13, 2011 By Katrina Yentch

Neon Indian seems to be on a roll with videos lately. With the help and creative mind of Tim Nackashi (The Creators Project), “Polish Girl” is the latest work to be unveiled. More

Sep 05, 2011 By Christopher Roberts

Neon Indian‘s sophomore album, Era Extraña, is due out September 13 on Static Tongues (band leader Alan Palomo’s own label) and Mom + Pop Music. Can’t wait that long, well you can stream the entire album now over at NPR here. More

Aug 23, 2011 By Mark Redfern

The CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival has announced their initial 2011 lineup. The event happens at venues across New York City October 18 - 22. Today the CMJ website announced the first round of artists performing this year. The list includes EMA, Dum Dum Girls, Zola Jesus, Wild Flag, Eleanor Friedberger, Handsome Furs, CSS, Neon Indian, Class Actress, Portugal. The Man, and others. More

Aug 03, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Today Neon Indian released single “Polish Girl” off of forthcoming sophomore album Era Extraña, due out September 13 via Static Tongues/Mom + Pop. More

Aug 02, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Today Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Festival announced the lineup for this year’s event, taking place November 4 - 6. More

Jul 27, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Neon Indian has released a track from their next album, Era Extraña, due out September 13 via singer Alan Palomo’s Static Tongue imprint/Mom + Pop Music. More

Jul 20, 2011 By Laura Studarus

After yesterday’s announcement of his forthcoming album, Neon Indian unleashed a slew of tour dates today. More

Jul 18, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Master of slick psychedelic pop, Alan Palomo (that’s Neon Indian to you) has announced the details of his sophomore album. More

Jul 12, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

The Flaming Lips have added more tour dates, including some with Weezer at which they will be set up on the same stage at the same time, trading off songs and literally co-headlining. More

Mar 25, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

Details about the 4-song EP have been few and far between, but a stream of “Is David Bowie Dying?” was released today. We have the info. More

Oct 02, 2010 By Christopher Roberts

Last night, Neon Indian performed at the Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles. We have photos. More

Sep 27, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

Neon Indian is in the middle of its U.S. tour in support of 2009’s Psychic Chasms. We’re

celebrating the occasion by giving away a pair of tickets to the Denton, Texas/NYC chillwave band’s Friday (October 1) gig at Los Angeles’ Henry Fonda Theater. More

Jul 20, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Indie shmindie. Sometimes it’s hard to argue with cooperate sponsorship. Today, Virgin Mobile announced its free festival (September 25^th at Merriweather Post Pavilion) and it is a dozy. The daylong genre-hopping festival will play host to buzz bands such as Sleigh Bells and Neon Indian, scene stalwarts LCD Soundsystem and M.I.A. and legends such as Pavement and Joan Jett. We have the full lineup. More

Jul 20, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Chillwave laptop artist Neon Indian paints dreamy, psychedelic soundscapes. Makes sense then, that new video for Psychic Chasms cut “6669 (I Don’t Know if You Know)” features dreamy, psychedelic—albeit creepy—visuals. More

Jul 13, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Laptop artist Neon Indian is taking to the open road in support of last year’s glowing, dance-ready album, Psychic Chasms. Along the way he’ll be meeting up with several artists, including a string of dates opening for Phoenix. We have his full schedule. More

Apr 05, 2010 By Hong Le

Neon Indian will be on tour from mid-May to mid-June, with the first two shows with Massive Attack. They are also joined by Peanut Butter Wolf on June 4 at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum. We have the dates. More

Jan 13, 2016 By Austin Trunick

Alan Palomo has made no plans for a follow-up record to VEGA Intl. Night School, his third LP as Neon Indian. He prefers not to think that far ahead, and leave himself open to the possibility of exploring a new medium altogether. More

Jan 12, 2016 By Austin Trunick

It’s been four years since Era Extraña. The rigors of recording, releasing, and touring behind two albums in rapid succession had worn out Neon Indian‘s mastermind, Alan Palomo. More

Dec 20, 2012 By Laura Studarus

It’s not a stretch to say that there’s a cinematic quality to Alan Palomo’s music. Writing and performing as Neon Indian, Palomo has released two albums of glowly electro pop (most recently 2011’s Era Extraña) that are vibrant enough to suggest specific times and places, but “chill” enough to leave their interpretation up to the listener. More

Apr 16, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Regardless of the setbacks, it was—as usual—a day of exceptional music. The day’s highlights) and lowlights included Neon Indian, Arctic Monkeys, Pulp, Mazzy Star, The Rapture, M83, and The Horrors.

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Oct 07, 2010 By Laura Studarus

The show clocked in a scant 45 minutes, but anyone present at Neon Indian’s Henry Fonda gig on Friday night would be the first to admit that the band had rightfully chosen quality over quantity. More