Vampire Weekend; Arctic Monkeys of 2008?

sorry again.

i wish gabbneb was a chick that worked at urban outfitters, a lot of them are hot

i'm not available, max, and yr a little kid

youre also not hot

It's a longstanding tradition for ny art bands to set musical and stylistic parameters within which they can excel, and then have people wonder how much of their act is real and how much a put-on. Ramones being the obv example. The Ramones were street kids from the outer boroughs, so they made themselves the platonic ideal of that. It's an extension of the idea "write what you know."

this is right on -- keep in mind i haven't even heard this album yet, but it's clear VW are a band that are easy to argue about, which means there is some crystal clear conceptual work going on (lol "branding"). PREPPIES PLAY THE AFRO-INDIE. << that could be a thread title without this band even existing and the same argument could have happened. an interlocking handful of a few clear ideas: shit, countless thousands of bands never even get that far. i guess i should hear this band.

http://stopthemadrassa.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/orangemedium2.jpg

The Kids Don't Stand a Chance = The Last Waltz Theme?

fred durst has "emotional depth." so does staind. also, nickelback.

-- gabbneb, Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:52 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Link

Oh, my.

Opeth too

pathos, really

k

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, why does anybody care? It's just inoffensive indie-pop. Have you guys not heard Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin? IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND. O_O

Nice, I will def check them. lol, that a funny name too!

rap dudes and conspiracy theorists,

plz feel the internet vibes:

http://internetvibes.blogspot.com/2005/08/vay-kay-blog.html

Since when was blood, fire, and grit all that was good about music?

Note my use of an Oxford Comma there.

WHOO GIVES A FUCK

I think these guys should "interpret" some White Lion cartoons. Or perhaps even "cover" them.

Wait...

they were a New York band too

i think chaki is right

maybe this is the NY band they should be more like?

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music/anthraxman.jpg

We don't have any finished recordings as a full band but Rostam did a sweet techo remix of our first song "Walcott." He also made a nice website for it:

Aww, dead link! Especially since ... mostly speculating, but I'm pretty sure the reason these guys work is that Koenig turns out good indie-pop song, and Batmanglij is the one who can structure and organize them so they have the depth and the movement.

1. Mansard Roof 2:07
2. Ladies of Cambridge 2:45

Single release from this New York indie band with a taste for African sounds and ska. Big noise about them; highly recommended!

description from what.cd lol

wow @ anthrax

nyc can and has done a lot worse than anthrax over the years

that photo is amazing - their style is impeccable - except im not sure why they all need to be wearing hats?

they are just "hat guys"?

how do you go from that to having this fucking thing on yr face :(

http://www.kingsize-usa.com/uploaded_images/Rock-The-Bells.7.29.07.Scott.Matt.Sen-776580.jpg

srsly the most passive aggressive facial hair ever

they have a straight up ska song on the album. i dont see why that description is very "lol."

stfu chak-head

Chaki OTM. There are at least as many third wave ska moments on the album as there are juju ones.

i listened to 'ladies of cambridge'. are all of their songs such fey studenty bullshit?

chutup theres no horns or jumping

wtf are you in denial or something? telling people to stfu for pointing out the obvious? jesus fucking christ.

listened to 'oxford comma', ans: yes.

sry chakhead j/k - but no i dont think its v ska - also i have no idea what 3rd wave ska is

listen to the song "boston" by vampire weekend. that is 3rd wave ska.

but what of the horns and jumping?

they were jumping when they were recording that song. horns are not needed in 3rd wave ska.

but, to make up for it, 4th wave ska is played by the entire brass section of a minor philharmonic

Yes, VW does do some straight up ska, but it's more 2 Tone than anything.

LOL @ jhøshea's idea of ska being solely fueled by the kids who wore JNCO pants at his high school.

its more like 1/2 assed.

its my personal belief that people who know abt the different types of ska should just sit quietly in the corner until called upon

your beliefs are also 1/2 assed.

the people in my high school who were into ska wore little suits and rode around on scooters

did you go to school in japan?

http://us.ent1.yimg.com/images.launch.yahoo.com/000/026/736/26736298.jpg

uuugh