University Union will bring a blend of electronic music and hip-hop to Syracuse University on Tuesday night. Indie-electronic band Neon Indian and female rapper Kreayshawn will perform as part of the Noisey College Tour.

The concert will be in Goldstein Auditorium at 8 p.m. and doors will open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are still on sale for $10 at the Schine Box Office. However, students who RSVP to the concert online can attend for free. Students can RSVP at the Noisey College Tour website.

Kreayshawn, a recent musical sensation from San Francisco, released her first mixtape, ‘Kittys X Choppas,’ with DJ Woogie in 2010. She made it big in the music scene with a music video for her single ‘Gucci Gucci,’ released in May 2011. It quickly accumulated more than 24 million views. ‘Gucci Gucci’ is now No. 132 on the iTunes Top 200 chart.

‘Whenever there’s a buzz like that on any kind of social media network, it definitely has a broad effect,’ said Kenny Consor, co-director of UU Concerts, ‘I think that’s going to be something that definitely draws people out.’

Singer and producer Alan Palomo created Denton, Texas-based indie-electronic band Neon Indian. Neon Indian released its first extended play, ‘Psychic Chasms,’ in 2009, and internet music publication Pitchfork Media ranked it No. 14on its Best Music List. The band also performed at the country’s most prominent music festivals, including South by Southwest, Bonnaroo Music Festival and Sasquatch! Music Festival.

Zack Wallenbeck, an undeclared sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, thinks Kreayshawn and Neon Indian will be a hit on campus.

‘Kreayshawn is such a big name act now. How could people resist? It’s a good opportunity for the school,’ Wallenbeck said.

Not everyone is as excited. Frank Smith, a sophomore education and history major, recently attended the concert ‘WERW Presents: Class Actress, Guards and Mouth’s Cradle.’ Smith said he preferred the style Guards and Mouth’s Cradle. Disappointed by University Unions choice of artists, Smith does not intend to go to Tuesday’s concert.

‘First of all, I had never heard of (the acts) until I saw the fliers around school,’ Smith said. ‘I do listen to music that is kind of like this, but I feel like since it’s become so popular, more people are just riding the mainstream wave.’

Consor isn’t worried about people not attending the concert. He said UU picked these bands for a reason, hoping to appeal to a wide audience and fill the venue to give everyone attending an enjoyable experience.

‘These are two up-and-coming artists, and they’re both also artists that are appealing to two different genres on campus,’ Consor said. ‘We thought they were two artists that would diversify the talent we bring here and appeal to a pretty wide audience.’

Consor said he feels confident in the show and expects the concert to produce good results.

‘If people look back at the track record of University Union shows that we brought in the last year or two, we have a tendency to bring artists that are up and coming,’ Consor said. ‘One of the patterns that I’ve seen is that after we bring them they tend to blow up.’

jtinfant@syr.edu

Published on October 31, 2011 at 12:00 pm

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