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Neon Indian
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An elusive new project from composer Alan Palomo. Neon Indian delivers equal parts synthetic nostalgia, Dreampop lullabies, and grinding guitar noise to create something eerier than the sum of its parts. Forged after a hazy winter gathering in Texas, this initial batch of tracks were the result of field recordings, record samples, a collection of bizarre synth sounds. Soliciting the visual acrobatics of Video artist Alicia Scardetta, this project is setting out to be a multimedia maelstrom. 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. Neon Indian’s bedroom ballads have already forged the upcoming Psychic Chasms, the debut full-length, set for release this Fall. They’ve been compared to New Order, Future Bible Heroes, and most recently said to sound like a saw-wave cutting a Doobie Brother’s song in half. Expect much racket to be had from this fresh faced crew.
Tigercity
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Since the critically and commercially successful self-release of their Pretend Not To Love EP in July 2007, Brooklyn’s TIGERCITY has been touring almost continuously, bringing their brand of pop escapism to the masses. Between numerous journeys across North America and a recent European stint, the band found time to return home and record its first full-length album, enlisting producer Chuck Brody (Peter, Bjorn and Jon, Ghostface Killah, Lykke Li) to help realize their vision for a darker, more mature sound. The result is Ancient Lover, a collection of songs that expand upon the crisp production of Pretend Not To Love, utilizing a new arsenal of vintage synthesizers and layers of beautiful ambient guitar to support songs about the ups and downs of rock life. For a band with influences ranging from Prefab Sprout, Chic and Roxy Music to Led Zeppelin, The Beach Boys, and Tangerine Dream, TIGERCITY has certainly created its own unique brand of outsider pop.

After a much-deserved post-recording spring break spent fishing in Maine, driving through Costa Rica and spending time with friends and loved-ones in New York, TIGERCITY will be back in action later this summer and fall, beginning with the release of the new single, “Fake Gold.” The single will include a number of remixes and will act as a precursor to the release of the band’s debut LP, Ancient Lover, which is out this fall.
Awesome New Republic
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Awesome New Republic (ANR) is a pop music duo from Miami, FL founded in 2004. ANR is comprised of multi-instrumentalists Michael John Hancock and Brian Robertson, who began working together as students at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. Citing influences that range from Prince and Parliament-Funkadelic to Giorgio Moroder and Talking Heads, the duo initially recorded a pair of homemade albums. Awesome New Republic has recently re-emerged with the Rational Geographic series of free downloads and their most recent album, Hearts, which they have toured around this fall with live-drummer Jorge Rubiera.
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