Vampire Weekend; Arctic Monkeys of 2008?

also interesting

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/01/the-artful-dodgers-santigold-vampire-weekend.html

I'm more looking forward to hearing the new Santogold than the new Vampire Weekend, tbh.

digging 'Run'

I'm really liking some of this on first listen.

White Sky, Run and Cousins ftw so far.

listening to 'White Sky' on repeat and watching the snow fall

I wonder if it bugs Simon Reynolds that they sample M.I.A. He hasn't mentioned it yet.

this album is fuckin dawgshit

cousins is still my jam

do you think when dudes stumbled across the triple meaning of "Contra" for its geopolitical meaning, its nostalgic video game meaning, and its folk dance meaning, the guys in Vampire Weekend slapped five?

I thought they just meant it in the sense of "against".

"against vocal pitch"

Yeah, these guys should get an Auto-Tuner. Oh, whoops - that didn't make people happy, either.

where will this album chart ?

last one came in at #17

#6 US #3 UK #1 Our Hearts

i didn't love this the first time i listened to it, but while listening to the first album on the metro yesterday i realized what a loss it would be if i stopped loving their new music. i might have willed myself into loving it, but it's all for the best i think. they make real good use of shinier production and they've rounded out a lot of the awkward corners in their songs.

I love the new album. (Much better than a lot of other hype-bands sophomore albums too which always disappoint me.)

Much more interesting, though, is how much Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig and Santigold mastermind Santi White have in common—their shared fascination, for example, with the rhythms of the African diaspora. Their love for spiky melodies. Even their upbringing.

Um, it's interesting in 2010 that two rich city kids both have an interest in black music?

Also, I mean, "the African diaspora" by definition does not include AFRICA

Oh man, that article, I'm really just not going to keep going here. I mean it's fucking Paste.

The new album is ridiculously good IMO. "Cousins" is actually one of the weaker tracks maybe.

Maybe I have to listen to it some more(have heard the myspace stream twice), but I just find it pleasant in a background kind of way. Its tasteful but the hooks and melodies and lyrics and instrumental feel don't grab me (yet ?).

Well, "Cousins" seems to stick out (and depending on your taste for that guitar style, in a good or bad way. I say good).

is cousins about these dudes

http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2007/04/17/Perfect-Strangers-web.jpg

a rich city kid who explores the cultural wealth/folk wisdom of the meposian diaspora

I love "Run" a lot atm.

From experience, the new album is best appreciated on a good sounding system and not, if you can help it, as a stream or via computer speakers. Made all the difference to me.

shit sounds like that embarrassing "discovery" lp

No way, that really was embarrassing. At least they write real songs in the context of VW.

the Discovery album almost dissuaded me from listening to this in the first place.

I'm unapologetically in love with this album. Even better than the first, I think.

Amazon MP3 has the record for $3.99. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002YP45EQ

Time to go listen to this thing!

i cosign this so hard. a few missteps i think ("california english" soudns like a bad max tundra song, the m.i.a. sample is so unnecessary and detracts a lot from the otherwise great "diplomat's son") but overall i mean damn.

Man, I'm listening to "Diplomat's Son," and the first thing I thought was, "This sounds like MIA." No shit.

Record's solid. I loved "The Kids Don't Stand a Chance" off of the s/t, and "I Think Ur A Contra," on first listen, is also beautiful, albeit more subdued.

Also just listened to the cover of Radiohead's "Exit Music" that they did for Stereogum. Let's pretend that doesn't exist.

Man, between the P4K review of Contra and his Stylus piece, Mike Powell is KILLING IT. Approaching nabisco in terms of constant OTMness.

Haven't read it yet, but here's the review: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13807-contra/

Does Powell writes for any publications besides P4k?

*write

Excellent review.

this is an interesting album. cousins is the only thing that sounds like old VW really. giving up the gun is pretty 80s but still VW. i could see this track becoming pretty big. its quite anthemic. the synths and some of the production could maybe be seen as a concession to what everyone else is doing at the mo, but they really personalise it. prob gonna be one of the best albums this year.

more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear
more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear
more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear
more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear
more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear
more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear
more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear
more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear
more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear
more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear
more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear
more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear
more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear
more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear
more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear
more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear
more exciting than the relentlessly sophisticated Grizzly Bear

sophisticated meaning dreary.

"I Think Ur A Contra,"

If this is the actual song title I will hunt these people down.

Strap on your weaponry Ned, its for real.

It's a beautiful song, too.

They will learn the truth of the dictum "To create beauty is to suffer pain" (which, if not a real dictum, has now been conveniently invented by me).

more trainspotting. 'Taxi Cab' =~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NBqzWEOXkA

which isn't a bad thing at all

yeah came here to say that review is excellent

the p4k 1

Is that Radiohead sample at the start of Giving Up The Gun? The twinkly analogue computer sounds from the end of Let Down...