The Flaming Lips @ NX35 this year were amazing — I’ve never seen them live but their performance was one of the best I’ve ever seen, and the crowd was intense. On Sunday we went back to Denton for the end of the NX35 weekend. We saw the 8-track museum, a rooftop hip-hop show, and enjoyed some free pizza. We ended the night at Rubber Gloves where we saw Neon Indian, Ishi, French Horn Rebellion and others.

What a weekend, here comes SXSW!!!

Photos By:  Dustin Hollywood

Last weekend I went out to see my friends in the band’s Neon Indian and Ishi play at Hailey’s, in Denton, TX.  The show looked like it was gonna sell out at 8pm and they didn’t even go on until 11:30pm, it was pretty amazing!  This time last year Neon Indian was but a beginning, now in 2010 they’ve seen and toured the world, been mentioned on the national news, and have a fan following that seems to growing by the minute.  They aren’t the only band making waves though, Ishi is just another example of the growing music scene in Dallas, TX, despite the citiy government’s blatantly obvious hatred for it, and anything creative.  Ishi’s sound is a finely tuned dancing machine, that infects anyone that hears it.  I even found myself dancing in the middle of photographing them!  Look for big things coming from these two bands in the future!

Photos By:  Dustin Hollywood

On Monday my good friends NEON INDIAN came back to Dallas, TX to do a show at the Granada Theatre with ISHI. It was quite possibly the best performance by either band I’ve ever seen. There had to of been between three or four hundred kids tightly packed around the famous Granada Theatre stage for both bands. Neon Indian and Ishi’s success can not only be attributed to their great stage presence but to the amazing music that they create. Fizzy Dino Pop also performed at the beginning of the show, I’ve never seen him before but I’d keep my eye out on him, I was definitely impressed, he had the group all fired up for Ishi.

Photos By:  Dustin Hollywood

NOTE: The discount code is (helloooooo.com). When you select the tickets from seat map, you want to enter the code in the box above the ticket prices. If you have any problems shoot us a comment.

HELLOOOOOO.com is proud to announce a promotional partnership with The Granada Theater in Dallas this Thursday July 9 for Hoyotoho, Electric Touch, The Burning Hotels & Ishi! You know we are biiiiiig fans of Hoyotoho and the rest of the bill promises to bring the same kind of energy and zeal. (Pinky swear). To celebrate this collabo, we are offering 2 pairs of free tickets to the show, a $25 value! The first pair will be given away to the 10th person to reTweet the following:

Hangin w/ Hoyotoho, Electric Touch, The Burning Hotels, Ishi & HELLOOOOOO.COM Thu 7/9 @granadatheater http://bit.ly/Jh5J8 #dfw

The other pair will be given away randomly to an individual who comments on this post. Happy hunting!

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