NewRider Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 I wish I had found out about these guys earlier! They just played the Horseshoe on Monday and I missed it. I can't stop listening to their album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Photogeek Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Dude I know what your saying...just got the album on Monday and I haven't stopped listening to it probably listened to it 30 times or more...I wish I had heard of them last week and had time to get tickets/go to the show... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted February 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hopefully they tour like crazy this year and head back this way. I'd love to see them live. YouTube has them performing on Letterman from a week or two ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 what(who) do they sound like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted February 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 I'll let wikipedia field this one..Vampire Weekend came to public attention via a variety of blogs, first on the African music audioblog "Benn loxo du taccu" and then six months later on Stereogum, leading many to cite them as another example of the "blog band" phenomenon. The band is influenced by both African popular music and Western Classical Music. They describe their genre of music as "Upper West Side Soweto", performing such songs as "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," which references Congolese soukous music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted February 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 www.myspace.com/vampireweekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 This album is catchy as fuck! Their 'Blue CD-R' has been circulating in the blog-o-sphere for months, it's basically the same set of songs. I hear a lot of early Police and Clash in their sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybone Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 I've heard a couple of songs on CBC and I was thinking it sounded a bit like Paul Simon's Graceland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 There's a couple tracks that could almost pass for Graceland outtakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allison Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 They sound like the Strokes meets P.S's Graceland without the noise riffs.It's catchy...but I'm not getting the huge hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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