Vampire Weekend; Arctic Monkeys of 2008?

like lines like "i promise to leave before your mother wakes up in the morning" sound kindof, um, familiar?

saw them play the paradisio in amsterdam last wednesday. they were well worth it. fantastic.

forget the gayness, what the fuck is up with his weird posture?

how can i forget the gayness

Superb perf of "Giving Up the Gun" on SNL. Koenig has never looked better, I must say. The femme backup vocals are a nice touch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiFZA8B4H54

Koenig has never looked better, I must say.

i was thinking this exact same thing

I was thinking the same thing! He looks so...clean. His skin is amazing. Also enjoyed watching the overbouncy drummer.

his hair was perfect last night

The hair clinched it.

On the other hand Rostam looks bloated.

yeah my friend said the same thing

This new album has grown on me a little bit (esp. "Giving Up the Gun" and "Diplomat's Son") but it's still not as good or consistent as the debut.

http://twitter.com/matsoR/status/16015346488

http://www.tmz.com/2010/07/14/vampire-weekend-cover-art-lawsuit-contra-kirsten-kennis/

smirk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo

doesn't really seem like this one is gonna fly

never trust a shiksa

anyway i kinda liked some of their songs to begin with until i got dragged along to see fucking darjeeling limited and realized that these guys are the same reprehensible bullshit in audio form. they EVEN use the same FONT.

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my apologies to vw and wes anderson -- i now understand what you'd been referencing all this time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWw2PHQEWTg

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5o5d3912E1qzpt5vo1_r1_400.jpg

lol

that doesn't have that "f--k you to those who would read our band superficially" je ne sais quoi they were going for

Nicely done, uvulullia.

i dont' like them but that woman doesn't really have any grounds for a lawsuit.

She might, but her lawyers are going after the wrong party/parties. The photographer is the party at fault, but I bet he doesn't have anything close to $2M at the ready.

yeah i mean if someone forged her signature then she probably does have grounds for a lawsuit of some sort, but i don't see at all how the band is at fault

literally guffawed for about 45 secs at ulilia's shop

Basement Jaxx have remixed White Sky

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/08/vampire-weekend-slide-show-201008#slide=1

What a moron. Would have gone down as the coolest thing she'd ever been apart of. Now it's the gated community uptight versus her kid's friends

Cuervo is cooler than Vampire Weekend for a start.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1393/592448787_1c8857818f.jpg

I want VW to do a song for that new muppet movie and use this as the 7" cover

or limited ed cassette rather

500 copies, green plastic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShWxGSbP9Qc&feature=player_embedded#!

I like Ezra Koening's UK chart-pop playlist for Rolling Stone. Putting a donk on it.

http://rollingstoneextras.com/playlists/view/ezra-koenig

Koenig, dammit, Koenig.

british pop has been so terrible for the past two years and not even "pass out" and "katy on a mission" can disguise it

also i love "about you now" but i don't see anyone rushing to rep for the paris hilton song that it's identical to

Interesting definition of "identical" there.

Shouldn't be repping for Cheryl Cole though.

seven of the songs he reps for are pretty awful. chez cole's not even the worst there, remarkably.

none are quite as shit as his own music, though.

You're really still repping for Paris?

yes! i listened to half her album this morning. still holds up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y09idVuelI

Ha ha Lex what would you have done if Ezra had repped the Paris song?

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1.0 out of 5 stars YUPEEEEEE!, January 16, 2010
By G. Jackson "DJGJ" (NYC)

This review is from: Contra (MP3 Download)

Break out the white wine! It's the preppie d-bag revival! Come on, Paul Simon! We're goin' BACK to Graceland!

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I heard some more of Contra lately and it was far from the worst thing ever.

<3 this album but room on fire is also a fave