y fight it
― plax (ico), Thursday, 23 December 2010 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link
anyone heard their iTunes holiday EP? They cover Bruce's "I'm Goin' Down."
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
that "holiday oooh holiday the best time of the year" song in the TV commercials can suck my dick, thank god xmas is over
― in my world of Hmong ppl (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 2 January 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
lmaotm
― flopson, Sunday, 2 January 2011 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxzM7FaGLOk
― max, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 04:11 (thirteen years ago) link
only becaue of u did i finally have the courege 2 find my real mother in ohio even with my prostehtic leg limbs. thank u
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― markers, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 04:25 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iPJHcX_dRs
― markers, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 04:29 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4BgfcHkfW0
three of his five uploads on youtube are about "crash"
it constantly surprises me how much i love this band. i still regularly play both albums (tho contra more than the debut)
― Mordy, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 02:35 (twelve years ago) link
otm
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
Damn. It's been more than year since we revived this thread?!
i'm not constantly surprised by how much i love this band, but i still very much love this band
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 6 March 2012 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
I see that they are gonna be at the Pitchfork fest and Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio has scored the upcoming Bob Byington film Somebody Up There Likes Me. The movie, which stars Parks & Recreation's Nick Offerman is set to premiere next week (Sunday) at South By Southwest in Austin, TX
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, they grow on you.
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
I love this band too; every time I travel someplace where I feel like I'm stepping above my station (like I am now), these albums ring very true.
― Euler, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
i was just thinking the other day how contra struck me as really accomplished and well-done and how i haven't had any urge to listen to it (or heard any one else mention it) since it came out
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
For those who care (admittedly, I don't):
http://www.nme.com/news/vampire-weekend/68008
Vampire Weekend's third album is influenced by jazz, Bob Dylan and The Clash according to Rostam Batmanglij.The multi-instrumentalist spoke to Uncut about the forthcoming album, the US band's first since 2010's 'Contra'. Discussing the influences and sounds the band are creating, Batmanglij said: "The goal was to use organic sounds and put them in a context that you might not have heard before. It's certainly darker and grittier than 'Contra'. A lot of these songs are about conflict. They're about the choices we can make, being able to do what we want with our lives."He added: "With 'Contra' I was interested in a kind of arty, '80's New York sound, but this album goes deeper. It gets into the '50s and some of it sounds like jazz, but broken down into its most basic elements and played in a very simple way. It's more of a subtle kind of complexity and there's an intimacy to the performances, both vocal and instrumental, that are very special. I think the sound of the piano is central to the record."Batmanglij went on to mention song titles such as 'Don't Lie', 'Hudson' and 'Unbeliever', which the band played during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel's US chat show at Halloween last year. The guitarist compared the new songs to bob Dylan and The Clash, saying his friends told him the songs sound "scary".
The multi-instrumentalist spoke to Uncut about the forthcoming album, the US band's first since 2010's 'Contra'. Discussing the influences and sounds the band are creating, Batmanglij said: "The goal was to use organic sounds and put them in a context that you might not have heard before. It's certainly darker and grittier than 'Contra'. A lot of these songs are about conflict. They're about the choices we can make, being able to do what we want with our lives."
He added: "With 'Contra' I was interested in a kind of arty, '80's New York sound, but this album goes deeper. It gets into the '50s and some of it sounds like jazz, but broken down into its most basic elements and played in a very simple way. It's more of a subtle kind of complexity and there's an intimacy to the performances, both vocal and instrumental, that are very special. I think the sound of the piano is central to the record."
Batmanglij went on to mention song titles such as 'Don't Lie', 'Hudson' and 'Unbeliever', which the band played during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel's US chat show at Halloween last year. The guitarist compared the new songs to bob Dylan and The Clash, saying his friends told him the songs sound "scary".
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 January 2013 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
last chance for them to not become completely irrelevant
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Friday, 4 January 2013 23:37 (eleven years ago) link
I actually think both their albums hold up really well. First is better than the second, but both are good.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Friday, 4 January 2013 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I still go back to these quite a bit. Don't know how much more "relevant" you can get.
― Gukbe, Friday, 4 January 2013 23:49 (eleven years ago) link
I care! Was just listening to them last night. They're a good band, and I can't wait to hear the new stuff. I listen to plenty of retro-sounding stuff and wipe my ass with relevance daily, but to be fair, I don't think VW are completely stuck in the past.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 4 January 2013 23:55 (eleven years ago) link
Contra >>>>> first
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 January 2013 01:03 (eleven years ago) link
Even though I still prefer the first, I like that Contra is not just a rehash. It does some things differently and I think better. For instance, they took more care with the sound and production on Contra, and it shows. But overall I think the first is more consistent. But I'm definitely looking forward to hearing the new one.
― o. nate, Saturday, 5 January 2013 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
Contra is one of the best straight-up indie rock albums of the past few years.
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 5 January 2013 02:18 (eleven years ago) link
When I saw them in Chicago in July it'd been more than a year since I'd heard a single Contra tune and I wasn't exactly looking forward to the performance, but "Giving Up the Gun" and "Cousins" sounded as beautiful as usual and they brought it all back.
I've thought about them the last eight days as I've lived with the remastered edition of the English Beat's Wha'ppen.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 January 2013 02:20 (eleven years ago) link
OTM
― Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Saturday, 5 January 2013 02:28 (eleven years ago) link
i think contra > debut but both are great, catchy pop -- i'm excited + anticipating new album!
― Mordy, Saturday, 5 January 2013 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
That's a pretty incredible streak of positivity. I'm sorry I missed that summer show in Chicago. The only disappointing thing is there is not release date and they said they're not even done writing the songs, so at best we'll get at summer release, at worse, 2015 or later...
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 5 January 2013 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, both album are very good. looking forward to some new stuff by these guys.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 January 2013 04:15 (eleven years ago) link
New album out May 7th apparently.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/49408-vampire-weekend-reveal-album-title-via-mysterious-new-york-times-classified-ad/
― Gukbe, Monday, 4 February 2013 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
I can't wait for their Vampires Tour where they play vampirically while dressed as vampires, who vamp.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 4 February 2013 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
new thread?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 February 2013 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
10 Ya Hey
― Mark G, Monday, 4 February 2013 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
Ho
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 4 February 2013 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
Lets go
― Mark G, Monday, 4 February 2013 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
you know, I really love this band. Those two records and the first especially are just astonishing pop collections. Their sound is so spare and carefully refined, and the melodies are outrageous. the whole affected prep thing is whatever. I really love this band and through the course of typing this have convinced myself I must have all three on vinyl ASAP. hope this one holds up
― you are my capitalism (spazzmatazz), Monday, 4 February 2013 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
I'm hoping for a Contra 2 there. Really loved Contra.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 4 February 2013 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
Listening to Contra yesterday for the first time since god knows when was like having drinks with a great bro you haven't seen in months and you have all afternoon
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 February 2013 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
The new album is FIRE
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 11 March 2013 11:56 (eleven years ago) link
So many religious allusions in play
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 11 March 2013 11:57 (eleven years ago) link
Ok done writing my review, this goes on my shortlist for 2013
― Raymond Cummings, Friday, 15 March 2013 05:16 (eleven years ago) link
yessssss
― yellow jacket (spazzmatazz), Friday, 15 March 2013 06:15 (eleven years ago) link
there is a dedicated thread for this album, which it deserves: Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
― 2010 and 2012 World Champions San Francisco Giants (Bee OK), Friday, 15 March 2013 06:28 (eleven years ago) link
I saw them and they sucked. There was one good part but it was really bland. Real thin sound especially juxtaposed with animal collective
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Saturday, January 26, 2008 11:01 PM (eleven years ago)
I saw them open for AC at that same webster hall show . I'll be seeing Vampire Weekend headline MSG later this year . I don't even know the last time i wanted to listen to AC. crazy!
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link