L.GIF" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="3" ALT="L">ast spring, a foursome of well-sweatered Columbia grads with a pronounced penchant for Paul Simon'sGracelandstarted gigging around downtown NYC and circulating their music, a witty blend of West African ...more
Guardian
As attention-grabbing pitches go, Vampire Weekend's seems unlikely to motivate the general public to storm the doors of HMV with a battering ram. Their debut album offers a meticulous hybrid of US indie rock, African pop, reggae and Irish ...more
Spin
At 1:32 A.M. last Valentine's Day, a demo titled "Oxford Comma" by a band of Columbia University buds was posted on the blog Music for Robots. Good Weather for Airstrikes reposted the song, with two others, a month later, declaring Vampire ...more
Uncut
It’s almost 'de rigeur' for a debut album to convey anti-authoritarian attitude, and that by Vampire Weekend is no exception. However, rather than The Man, the government, or even the parents, this is a band who save their disdain for the punctuation. ...more
Almost Cool
Well. Fuck it. I get constantly called-out by family, friends and even co-workers about being a music snob (sometimes jokingly, sometimes serious), and despite my protests it never really goes away. I'm certainly just asking for it when a good ...more
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