Punning on Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures while painting the old black-and-white landscape a pretty sunset pink, Alan Palomo, aka Austin's VEGA (not these folks) goes for pure joy (sorry) on his Well Known Pleasures EP. Before this, the Austin Italo-disco synthesizer gained his biggest national exposure via that controversial Crystal Castles gig, wherein the Canadian 8-bit duo came up with a 2-bit excuse for canceling their show at the Granada in Dallas, and he came up with a statement. With a...
Stereogum — Punning on Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures while painting the old black-and-white landscape a pretty sunset pink, Alan Palomo, aka Austin's VEGA (not these folks) goes f... more info