Vampire Weekend; Arctic Monkeys of 2008?

I wonder if Koenig got this African guitar-playing guide from afropop.org leader and writer Banning Eyre. I'm guessing the 'pale by comparison' groups could use it.

http://www.afropop.org/news_flash.php?ID=147

is that Sting album an Italo Calvino concept album? Cuz I had that idea first. >: I'm liking contra!

i haven't heard 8-10 yet but this is wonderful.

well judging from all the hullabaloo surrounding the 1st album the guys particular granular intelligence was a big part of the draw - but now hes singing like it occurred to me that we could ruuuun and it doesnt sound half as convincing

― ice cr?m, Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:48 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

but doesn't this whole song hinge on the "but with her fund" line that reveals the narrator to be as insincere as ever?

"run" and "horchata" are the most emotionally naked songs that ezra has ever written i think-- i don't like "run" that much, i think the chorus melody is a bit strained, and i think joe is otm about it vis a vis getting the fuck out of cape cod

tbh i find horchata relatable

me too! i'm just saying

yeah i was more tbhing myself - if the whole album was like that song id prob like it a lot

always be honest with yrself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQlHfv-NQkE

(via Stereogum)

i always think he's singing "those lips that ass"

good performance

i find this band pleasant in general; they've got some nice sounds and i don't mind dude's singing or lyrics like other people seem to; but dang this a boring album and i don't really get people making such a big deal out of it. the whole thing just kinda floats by really quickly with no hooks or anything that sticks, just seems totally insubstantial and inoffensive

Yeah, it's a great performance! Although I think the bassist's backing vocals are hilarious, esp. when he abruptly cuts out a couple times towards the beginning.

eh i disagree n/a i think there's a lot to dig into with this one.

The only thing that really grates right now for me is the M.I.A. sample on "Diplomat's Son." It just seems really unnecessary, and it doesn't feel natural at all; it sticks out.

would be better if he was rocking a balaclava - they seem to have kinda negative charisma as performers

that was a massive improvement over ezra's early performances for their first album iirc--dude was awkward as hell

would be better if he was rocking a balaclava - they seem to have kinda negative charisma as performers

― supra-max (ice cr?m), Sunday, January 17, 2010 2:04 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah but rumor is the guy looks psychotic in a balaclava

I like the videos of them playing at Reading Festival. Its great when the crowd singalong with the instrumental bits.

http://www.bikyle.com/images/AssosBalaclava.jpg

Who gives a fuck about an Oxford Comma?

eh i disagree n/a i think there's a lot to dig into with this one.

― call all destroyer, Sunday, January 17, 2010 1:02 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

hmmm nah gonna have to go ahead and just ... disagree with you on that one

cool man let's agree to disagree

they may not be super deep but saying they dont have hooks is just strange

i've thought abt this for a while and i'm pretty sure this album is good so this matter has been settled fyi

what abt how the singer is always looking out the side of his eyes while the rest of the band is all yeah welp - dont u find that a bit off putting

ppl you're doing it again

i stopped listening to them because of that, actually.

sometimes knowin wht things are called is a class signifier

believe its called the internet tbh

i had to look up "hyannisport" on wikipedia 1st time i herd their first album and i never heard of horchata b4 so i dont think that really matters(?)

the lol cape - if they really wanted to snobby abt it they wouldve gone full nantucket

what abt how the singer is always looking out the side of his eyes while the rest of the band is all yeah welp - dont u find that a bit off putting

yeah it's a little weird he looks like he's trying to find a sniper

nah iv heard of nantucket so

im talking relative social status not obscurity here

also nantucket is a ghetto doesn't really work with the meter so u might as well admit u were rong

lol im just sayin even poors go to the cape

if they wrote a song called "man from nantucket" i probably still wouldn't like them but i might lol a little.

I don't think "inoffensive" is a insult when referring to this band. It's hard to speculate when a band's only made two albums, but I suspect these guys are, like Spoon, a really good minor band.

i agree w/that

So who's a major band right now then? Not disagreeing, just axing.

Why does everyone talk like Hipster Runoff on this thread?

bands that fall under the category "bands for people who listen to too much music" xp

http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2010/01/have-u-caught-vampy-fever.html

I didn't mean inoffensive as an insult but it's not exactly a bragging point either.

is that HRO link worth clicking on?

Is an HRO link ever worth clicking on?

without apparently doing anything particularly original or special, an album by an indie outfit that 'builds upon' previous works becomes one of the most talked-about and feted records of the year

why

Writing solid, non-novelty, hooky album earns band fans. Who would've thought it???