Vampire Weekend; Arctic Monkeys of 2008?

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max clearly didn't anticipate the dissemination of music literacy and the demise of indie consensus when he started seeing this girl. that's a dealbreaker!

Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Monday, 25 January 2010 02:30 (fourteen years ago) link

she made a clean break with her indie past--i never really did

max, Monday, 25 January 2010 02:31 (fourteen years ago) link

Just let go!

Evan, Monday, 25 January 2010 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link

i dont really think of these dudes as 'twee' tbh

― not a playa but i ilx a lot (deej), Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:29 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

"precious," then? not really sure what else to call rhyming "horchata" with "balaklava," frankly

max, Monday, 25 January 2010 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link

lettttt's stop this debate here

k3vin k., Monday, 25 January 2010 02:39 (fourteen years ago) link

i dunno if i get 'twee' but i just sorta assumed it was singing w/ that unapologetic heart-on-sleeve type shit a la dude from death cab. these guys are too arch to be twee

not a playa but i ilx a lot (deej), Monday, 25 January 2010 02:40 (fourteen years ago) link

twee is wrong, then. "precious."

think about it this way--she thinks vampire weekend are max fischer. i think they are rushmore. we agree on the basics but not on the attitude.

max, Monday, 25 January 2010 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link

i have been told that i am misrepresenting her views--their preciousness isnt a reason for the hatred--she just isnt 'connecting' with them--also she said she does like indie rock, like beach house

max, Monday, 25 January 2010 03:08 (fourteen years ago) link

Arcade Fire: Major label band from the 70s.

Evan, Monday, 25 January 2010 03:35 (fourteen years ago) link

I don't like this album as much as the first.

tza nicholas ii (The Reverend), Monday, 25 January 2010 03:36 (fourteen years ago) link

not really sure what else to call rhyming "horchata" with "balaklava," frankly

I would just go with "slant rhyme"

oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Monday, 25 January 2010 04:13 (fourteen years ago) link

hahaha nabisco do you have an alarm that goes off when someone misuses "twee"

call all destroyer, Monday, 25 January 2010 04:35 (fourteen years ago) link

On first listen I like "Contra" far less than the first album.

Adam Bruneau, Monday, 25 January 2010 16:27 (fourteen years ago) link

I have picked my battles, though possibly not wisely

oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Monday, 25 January 2010 16:38 (fourteen years ago) link

i dont think most of the 'debate' around vampire weekend is very interesting at all tbh -- i think a lot of it is HOT BUTTON SIGNIFYING without any actual things being said about these issues, much like their music itself -- which is fine for music, but boring for discourse tbh

-Deej

So what's better for discourse?

curmudgeon, Monday, 25 January 2010 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link

more discussion of bay area rap, imo

not a playa but i ilx a lot (deej), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 01:25 (fourteen years ago) link

I wouldn't be surprised to hear Gucci rhyme "Horchata" with "balaclava".

you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 01:26 (fourteen years ago) link

haha true

yeah i got amigos but they dont drink horchata / just bring me kilos while rocking balaclavas

not a playa but i ilx a lot (deej), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 01:31 (fourteen years ago) link

I listened to the album for the first time last night. I actually liked the music. As for the lyrics, I need to give a another spin. (First spin is always about the music for me; Second is more about the lyrics). I think they are an ok little band. I honestly don't know what is the hype/debate about them (or any indie band tbh). Like Spoon I just think they are pleasant.

lilsoulbrother, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link

I mean the new one "Contra."

lilsoulbrother, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link

whatever else they ape. Spoon is totally where they are getting the indie rock side of their influences from imo

tza nicholas ii (The Reverend), Thursday, 28 January 2010 00:32 (fourteen years ago) link

. ,

tza nicholas ii (The Reverend), Thursday, 28 January 2010 00:32 (fourteen years ago) link

vampire weekend >> spoon imo

k3vin k., Thursday, 28 January 2010 00:52 (fourteen years ago) link

ehhhhhhhhh. I like both, but I dunno about that.

tza nicholas ii (The Reverend), Thursday, 28 January 2010 00:56 (fourteen years ago) link

Vampire Weekend could cover "Trouble Comes Running" expertly.

Blue Fucks Like Ben Nelson (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 January 2010 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link

let's wait and see how vampire weekend is doing in 16 years

you forgot what a hardcore blogger is (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 28 January 2010 01:04 (fourteen years ago) link

thats 832 weekends

max, Thursday, 28 January 2010 01:06 (fourteen years ago) link

how many of them will actually be "vampire" weekends

max, Thursday, 28 January 2010 01:06 (fourteen years ago) link

all

super sexy psycho fantasy world (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 28 January 2010 01:07 (fourteen years ago) link

of

super sexy psycho fantasy world (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 28 January 2010 01:07 (fourteen years ago) link

them

super sexy psycho fantasy world (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 28 January 2010 01:07 (fourteen years ago) link

that dude's a werewolf yo

call all destroyer, Thursday, 28 January 2010 02:53 (fourteen years ago) link

Wearwolf Weekend sounds like a band that would have been big in 2006/2007.

Tim F, Thursday, 28 January 2010 02:58 (fourteen years ago) link

Werewolf Weekend I mean.

Wearwolf Weekend = electroclash act.

Tim F, Thursday, 28 January 2010 02:58 (fourteen years ago) link

we're wolves on weekends

b( ۠·_۠·)b (Lamp), Thursday, 28 January 2010 03:09 (fourteen years ago) link

I've been told the band is now magically all over KROQ and the adult-alternative stations in L.A.

Cunga, Thursday, 28 January 2010 03:11 (fourteen years ago) link

jessica hopper wrote a lengthy diss in the reader this week, not online yet.

not a playa but i ilx a lot (deej), Thursday, 28 January 2010 05:05 (fourteen years ago) link

I like that listening to vampire weekend now constitutes a 'guilty pleasure' for me

i'm with stupid ☞ (dyao), Thursday, 28 January 2010 13:35 (fourteen years ago) link

jessica hopper wrote a lengthy diss in the reader this week, not online yet.

― not a playa but i ilx a lot (deej), Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:05 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark

yippee, better put that in google alerts.

free the charmless but occasionally brilliant Dom Passantino (history mayne), Thursday, 28 January 2010 13:42 (fourteen years ago) link

It can't be as good as Julianne Shepherd's 2008 diss.

Blue Fucks Like Ben Nelson (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 January 2010 14:12 (fourteen years ago) link

i love this

If this all makes Contra seem like a fuckless episode of Gossip Girl written by Jimmy Buffett, then I've made my point.

that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Thursday, 28 January 2010 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link

point has been made a million times before but vw arent really aping african sounds, theyre aping paul simon and peter gabriels aping of african sounds

max, Thursday, 28 January 2010 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link

It is a perfect slam.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 January 2010 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link

Indie rockers are supposed to be grubby proles

not really

velko, Thursday, 28 January 2010 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link

i like that her angle is that the band's playing dumb re: class grates more than them actually being whatever class they are, and the paragraph gutting their actual music is awesomely satisfying to read

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 28 January 2010 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link

haha the gossip girl line is pretty funny

Dr. Goon Medicine Woman (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 28 January 2010 17:31 (fourteen years ago) link

but i wouldn't worry about the state of indie rock grubbiness, the beard era of the 00s brought new heights of dudes lookin' all stinkin and bummy

Dr. Goon Medicine Woman (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 28 January 2010 17:31 (fourteen years ago) link


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