Vampire Weekend; Arctic Monkeys of 2008?

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.

Contra is one of the best straight-up indie rock albums of the past few years.

OTM

i think contra > debut but both are great, catchy pop -- i'm excited + anticipating new album!

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...

yeah, both album are very good. looking forward to some new stuff by these guys.

New album out May 7th apparently.

http://pitchfork.com/news/49408-vampire-weekend-reveal-album-title-via-mysterious-new-york-times-classified-ad/

I can't wait for their Vampires Tour where they play vampirically while dressed as vampires, who vamp.

new thread?

10 Ya Hey

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Lets go

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

I'm hoping for a Contra 2 there. Really loved Contra.

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 new album is FIRE

So many religious allusions in play

Ok done writing my review, this goes on my shortlist for 2013

yessssss

there is a dedicated thread for this album, which it deserves: Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

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!