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Alan Palomo is a busy guy. The former Ghosthustler’s new band, Vega, was just taking off, when word has come down that another one of his projects, Neon Indian, just inked a deal with Lefse Records. Neon Indian is apparently a team up of Palomo with visuals from Brooklyn-based video artist Alicia Scardetta, and they don’t have much lined up together in the way of live shows yet - only the Monolith Festival in Colorado in June. The music is a little trippier and more psych than Vega, but Palomo’s pretty sweet beats still shine through. Their debut, Psychic Chasms will be dropping on October 13, and you can a taste of it with the nice summer groove a tune “Terminally Chill” below. (You can also download another track, “Deadbeat Summer” on the label’s site). And in the meantime, you can catch Vega next Friday, July 17, at Club DeVille.

So, Vega. Before we even knew that former Ghosthustler Alan Palomo had moved to Austin, he was stirring up shit. But hey, indie rock feuds are in! Take that stuff to Judge Judy! Good thing for Palomo that his new band, Vega, is actually pretty sweet, now that they has abruptly had the spotlight shown dubiously in their direction. Vega will be releasing debut EP Well Known Pleasures next week, which judging from the cover and the name is apparently on a quest to become the anti- Joy Division. Really, Vega?! Seriously? This is what you chose to go with for the EP? Still, lead single “No Reasons,” which has been floating around the nets recently, is worth the listen for a pretty smooth groove. You know the drill: Jump -

Photo by Richard Card
Something of a scandal has been developing the past two days between new local electronic act Vega (aka Alan Palomo, formerly of Denton band Ghosthustler) and Crystal Castles.
After a successful show together at La Zona Rosa this past Monday (pics via Ultra8201), controversy broke up a scheduled show last night at the [...]