The men of Tigercity have been hard at work on their much-anticipated (in our corner of the musicnerdiverse, anyway) debut LP, Ancient Lover. As means for a respite, they’re going to embark on a month-long tour, playing some dates with the nostalgically-inclined Neon Indian. They will most likely be traveling in a van and not in the plane you see above. Just a note.

Check out the dates and Tigercity’s Hollywood-y video for “Fake Gold” below.

11.6 Chicago, IL @ Schubas
11.7 Kansas City, KS @ The Brick
11.8 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
11.10 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge*
11.11 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court*
11.12 Boise, ID @ Nuerolux*
11.13 Missoula, MT @ The Palace*
11.15 Seattle, WA @ Nectar*
11.17 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios*
11.18 Salem, OR @ Willamette University*
11.20 Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex*
11.21 San Diego, CA @ Beauty Bar
* w/Neon Indian

Another late October and another CMJ come-and-gone. NYC is exhausted, still trying to recover from a week’s worth of assorted free drinks and endless amplitude. Our collective ears still ring, but its all good, because we can sort of remember CMJ. That said, it’s safe to say that if there was a band who “blew the fuck” up at CMJ this year, it was probably Surfer Blood. This was sort of predicted, considering the storm of blog love/record deal signing/all sorts of other shit the band received after their visit to Brooklyn two months ago. The xx were probably the second most blogged about band during CMJ, which makes sense, but sort of isn’t fair because, well, the xx have long been megadarlings of the NME set in the UK. To be honest, it wasn’t that exciting a CMJ, probably due to the speed of information Twitter-holics (I myself included) and blog rats post on new bands, good or bad. If anything CMJ was a catalyst, barometer or deal breaker for band’s who had enjoyed a bit of hype before things actually kicked off here. Harlem, Small Black, the Smith Westerns, Best Coast, Real Estate, Dum Dum Girls joined the xx and Surfer Blood in the category of groups we knew would have a successful CMJ. Maybe we’re just cynical and old, or maybe it’s because nearly all of them have received an immense amount of (un)noteworthy hype in months prior and recently been signed to significant labels, but, all in all, for the most part, each and everyone of them seemed to make the best of their stay in NYC. Throw Suckers, Sharon van Etten, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Javelin, Cold Cave, Neon Indian, and a dozen more I’m too fuzzy to remember into the mix and it was a pretty damn good year for bands at CMJ. Doesn’t seem like any pre-recorded beat problems, excessively boring live show or sound guy problems marred anyone’s career, especially considering the xx, known for being, uh, quite dull in the live setting, were one of this year’s biggest success stories.

So far, you’ve gotten to know him as Vega, but now you can begin to make space in your brainspace for Alan Palermo’s turn as Neon Indian. He’s gearing up for the first full Neon Indian tour this fall and boy oh boy are there a lot of dates in there. Watch out Mexico!

09.09 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
09.11 Springfield, MO @ The Outland Ballroom
09.13 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheater (Monolith Festival)
10.02 Austin, TX @ Emo’s (Austin City Limits afterparty)
10.16 Tallahassee, FL @ Club Down Under
10.17 Jacksonville, FL @ TSI
10.18 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
10.17 Washington, DC @ Rock N Roll Hotel
10.20 Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbery
10.24 New York, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10.25 Hartford, CT @ La Paloma Sabanera
10.27 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
10.28 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
10.29 Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
10.30 Madison, WI @ University of Wisconsin (Der Rathskeller)
10.31 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
11.07 Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Festival
11.08 Lubbock, TX @ Bash Riprock’s
11.11 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
11.12 Boise, ID @ Neurolux
11.13 Guadalajara, Mexico @ Lemon Beat
11.14 Mexico City, Mexico @ Pasaje América
11.15 Seattle, WA @ Nectar Lounge
11.16 Vancouver, British Columbia @ Shine Nightclub
11.19 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
11.20 Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
11.21 Tuscon, AZ @ Club Congress

Beware, future residents of the Residence Inn Marriott in downtown Sacramento: yesterday, Neon Indian lost all of their equipment there, and is looking to recover as much of the stolen gear as possible before an upcoming September tour.

Alan Palomo, the brains behind Neon Indian, posted this list and plea on his MySpace blog yesterday:

If you have any information leading to the finding or replacing of this gear don’t hesitate to contact either my manager Danny (mgmt.vcr@gmail.com) or myself (vega.vcr@gmail.com). Time is of the essense given the VEGA Grizzly Bear show in NYC and the countless touring dates for both Neon Indian and VEGA beginning early September right around the corner so keep your eyes peeled. If you have a blog or know someone to send this off to, please repost. If you’d like to donate any money to help us return home and begin sorting this out you can do so to vega.vcr@gmail.com. Thank you for reading.

The stolen gear is as follows:
Dave Smith Prophet ’08 synthesizer (limited edition signed w/ red LEDs) (w/ flight case)
Empress Super Delay Pedal
Death By Audio Super Sonic Fuzz Gun Distortion Pedal
BCR 2000 Rotary Midi Controller
Power Adapted for an Akai APC-40 Controller
Shure Gear bag w/ 4 quarter inch Cables
Axiom 250 Midi Controller
Mackie Onyx Satelitte external Audio Interface

Gretsch Catalina elite 18-inch white marine pearl kick drum / Floor Tom
1960s Rogers sea-foam green 14-inch snare (collector’s item)
Black luggage box filled with drum hardware [high hat stand, kick pedal, cymbal stand, floor tom legs, snare stand]
Zildijan new beat high hats
Zildijan Rock crash

ProLine PL-402 2 Tier Double X-Braced Keyboard Stand
Single Tier keyboard Stand

Ampeg BA115 Bass Combo
Fender Frontman 65R 65W 1X12 Guitar Combo
Mexican Telecaster guitar black w/ white pickguard
Ernie Ball Music Man Sterling Orange w/ white pickguard (plastic alien puppets attached to levels or perhaps may have been taken off)

Best of luck to Alan, and to those of you in the Sacramento area, keep your eyes out for an absurd amount of musical equipment.

Get yourself acquainted with Neon Indian now. Because come October 13th, when their debut LP Psychic Chasms drops, you will be glad you knew to go out, grab it and blast it. Alan Palomo (formerly of Ghosthustler, VEGA) just signed to Lefse Records and is planning on playing at the Monolith Festival September 12-13th at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO. We. Are. Excited.

Psychic Chasms’ Tracklist:

1. (AM)
2. Deadbeat Summer
3. Laughing Gas
4. Terminally Chill
5. (If I knew, I’d tell you)
6. 6669 (i don’t know if you know)
7. Should have taken acid with you
8. Mind, Drips
9. Psychic Chasms
10. Local Joke
11. Ephemeral Artery
12. 7000 (reprise)