Vampire Weekend; Arctic Monkeys of 2008?

btw I like the discovery album but then I would

It's tuneless and empty to my ears; the only song I've kept is the Koenig collaboration.

this summer fall in love with autotune, all over again

is it okay to call this r&twee? i think i'm going to

To call it that there would have to be "rhythm."

i really like this - i like that it sounds like what it is, which is two white indie kids doing r&b, and i think it serious enough but doesn't seem like they're playing dress up and it's playful enough but not like lonely island

also i think the hooks are good

and i think it's serious enough but doesn't seem like they're playing dress up and it's playful enough but not like lonely island

i really wasn't sure if they were going to be able to balance this out but they did!! doesn't surprise me tho because i think rostam is really talented and pretty underrated in the sphere of vampire weekend's press always being about africa and ezra and columbia and money - the dude writes really good keyboard & strings parts for vw

i have been listening to this album alot lately, and i mostly disliked vw. i prefer this guy's singing to ezra's and all of these songs are basically instantly likeable. it`s pretty bedroom-ey, or atleast laptop-ey, but the songs aren`t weaker as a result somehow. sure the production could be more layered and less cheap-sounding but that`s not really the point here i don`t think.

I'm kinda shocked at the response. This guy's melodies define weak -- it's fourth-rate Kelly Polar. The best song is the Koenig number, mostly because for about a week I liked his version of a Kylie voice.

I'm kinda shocked at how much I like this. I'm pretty susceptible to fake teen movie music though and a big sucker for lines like "I promise to leave before your mother wakes up in the morning." Kindof an indie "I gotta feeling" imo.

you're right, definitely an indie version of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhKn_bgA-lQ

i like that it sounds like what it is, which is two white indie kids doing r&b

not to get on your case in particular but GEEZ COME ON

I mean REALLY

fwiw, calling these guys "white" is way is totally different than calling Jamie Lidell "white"

blue eyed soul dude. some of it's good guilty pleasure shit

"guilty pleasure" went out with the miniskirt and the Twist.

Soto on fire today

How does that make any sense? Bowie, Brian Ferry, 90% of the 80s, etc.

not to get on your case in particular but GEEZ COME ON

― nabisco, Thursday, July 23, 2009 5:40 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark

?? i don't think it's a pejorative to say that they sound "white" because they do, much more so than, like whiney says, jamie lidell or even the soulful songs at the end of the last hot chip album

the Discovery record is as soulful as Howard Jones' Dream into Action.

DUDE IS PERSIAN

Two things:

1) I've gotten way back into Vampire Weekend this summer. It seems like the hotter and more humid the weather, the more I enjoy listening to the album.

2) Who are the Arctic Monkeys of 2009?

the singer is from syracuse

or fine:

it sounds like what it is - indie r&b (really should have taken more offense to me calling this r&b - it's certainly more r&b in the way the-dream is [and that's to say very pop] than in the way ne-yo is) influenced by white people like daft punk, whom they take their name from.

ha, Jordan, you're clear on what I'm picking on here, right?

i like that it sounds like what it is, which is two white indie kids

I mean I don't know the guy's exact background or who his parents are, but it's been bugging me for over a year that everyone just instinctively turns a guy "white" because it better fits their mental categories of class/race/manner.

^^ this is referring to the person named Rostam Batmanglij who is confirmably Persian on at least one parent's side, if not both

if you consider Persian people "white," I apologize for raising the issue

i don't, but race is pretty inessential to how i feel about them anyway - the "indie" part of what i said matters much more in the context of the album

I don't believe that's an entirely honest statement, dude, considering your description of them "two white indie kids doing r&b," which seems to me to clearly be invoking some element of race in the coding of "indie" vs "r&b" -- as far as this music goes I'm actually with you on how that distinction doesn't feel significant with them, but obviously what I was getting at was a total side issue about forcing round pegs into square holes of race-coding

(it's not a big deal and I'm done -- I agree with you about the record!)

ok, thx for pointing it out tho, i get where you're coming from

i'm white btw

oh shit

aren't we all these days

no xpost required

BATMANglij

If this is quoting any RnB I would say Ryan Leslie. Can You Discover sounds really like Gibberish.

also Danjahands metronome hihats iirc

From this candid interview, it's easy to see what a great guy rostam is:

The night would not have been complete without Rostam Batmanglij, the grumpiest Vampiric Weekender. Did he ever finish that song I always heard him working on when he lived directly below my boyfriend?

“Yes, I did. It’s number seven on Hype Machine.”
Is it for your solo project?
“Are you writing this down? Can you not quote me?”

http://www.nypress.com/article-19805-bash-compactor-this-bites.html

lol

http://twitter.com/mileycyrus/statuses/3706721085

It's been fun, indie rawk. Good night, sweet prince.

New album in January. Contra.

01 Horchata
02 White Sky
03 Holiday
04 California English
05 Taxi Cab
06 Run
07 Cousins
08 Giving Up the Gun
09 Diplomat's Son
10 I Think Ur a Contra

IS THAT ALBUM COVER A JOKE???

I THINK I LIKE IT!!

I hope it's the real cover, because I'm going to buy it and stare at it for hours.

cool, but deserves its own thread. still really like that album.

nice cover pic of preppy girl and reaganesque title--way to tweak the haters!

I THINK UR A CONTRA

O I GET IT LIKE CONTRAPUNTAL LOLZ

In [life], counterpoint is the relationship between two or more [people] that are independent in contour and rhythm and are [sexually] interdependent.

Haha. The collar on her yellow polo shirt is turned up. JUST LIKE PREPPIES IN THE 80S!

I have no real interest in this band, but that album cover is going to make me a fan.

O I GET IT LIKE CONTRAPUNTAL LOLZ

In [life], counterpoint is the relationship between two or more [people] that are independent in contour and rhythm and are [sexually] interdependent.

― LEGOS by Atlas Sound (coming eventually, 2009 or 2010) (Future_Perfect), Thursday, September 17, 2009 3:06 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark

No dice! It's Contra as in an oh-so-cheeky inversion of Sandinista! You've heard of the Clash, right? And the girl looks like the hottie in Caddyshack...

is this from the new album?
http://hypem.com/track/905801/Vampire+Weekend+-+Ottoman
cause it's a pretty bad song

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