Bluesfest: Neon Indian

My travels at Bluesfest took me from an artist representative of the old guard - that is. Jim Suhler and Co. - to one of the new: Texan electronica combo Neon Indian. Neon Indian hail from Austin, and are primarily the work of Alan Palomo, who also works under the VEGA and Ghosthustler names, though neither of them have generated the buzz of his latest project - he even collaborated with The Flaming Lips on an EP earlier this year.

He's joined live by such folks as Leanne Macomber, keyboardist.



Alan adjusts that dial - that's drummer Jason Faries behind him.



Keyboard action!



Guitar action! The band has undergone some member rotation, with Ross Gierhart having left and Denton chap Josh McWhirter coming aboard; this is actually Danny Barria.



Okay, so this isn't the best place to snap a pic of Macomber from ...



Alan wrestles the microphone.



More guitar!



Danny sings!



Leanne sings!



Twistin' and beepin'



Jason hits!



Time to bring in some bass.



If you click through this picture of Leanne shaking her maracas, you can see how many photos I tried to get off more of her that didn't have her face obscured (if you don't want to, this answer is too many).



And that's all!



Then I headed off to check out Library Voices.

• Show reminder: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Andrew Jackson Jihad and Into It Over It mix up the folk and punk at Mavericks; it's been a long weekend for Halloween partying, and it's still going on at the Rainbow with The Green Cup, Huntley Slim and The Beer Barons;   The Belle Comedians and Eric Passmore are at the Elmdale.