Vampire Weekend; Arctic Monkeys of 2008?

or fine:

it sounds like what it is - indie r&b (really should have taken more offense to me calling this r&b - it's certainly more r&b in the way the-dream is [and that's to say very pop] than in the way ne-yo is) influenced by white people like daft punk, whom they take their name from.

ha, Jordan, you're clear on what I'm picking on here, right?

i like that it sounds like what it is, which is two white indie kids

I mean I don't know the guy's exact background or who his parents are, but it's been bugging me for over a year that everyone just instinctively turns a guy "white" because it better fits their mental categories of class/race/manner.

^^ this is referring to the person named Rostam Batmanglij who is confirmably Persian on at least one parent's side, if not both

if you consider Persian people "white," I apologize for raising the issue

i don't, but race is pretty inessential to how i feel about them anyway - the "indie" part of what i said matters much more in the context of the album

I don't believe that's an entirely honest statement, dude, considering your description of them "two white indie kids doing r&b," which seems to me to clearly be invoking some element of race in the coding of "indie" vs "r&b" -- as far as this music goes I'm actually with you on how that distinction doesn't feel significant with them, but obviously what I was getting at was a total side issue about forcing round pegs into square holes of race-coding

(it's not a big deal and I'm done -- I agree with you about the record!)

ok, thx for pointing it out tho, i get where you're coming from

i'm white btw

oh shit

aren't we all these days

no xpost required

BATMANglij

If this is quoting any RnB I would say Ryan Leslie. Can You Discover sounds really like Gibberish.

also Danjahands metronome hihats iirc

From this candid interview, it's easy to see what a great guy rostam is:

The night would not have been complete without Rostam Batmanglij, the grumpiest Vampiric Weekender. Did he ever finish that song I always heard him working on when he lived directly below my boyfriend?

“Yes, I did. It’s number seven on Hype Machine.”
Is it for your solo project?
“Are you writing this down? Can you not quote me?”

http://www.nypress.com/article-19805-bash-compactor-this-bites.html

lol

http://twitter.com/mileycyrus/statuses/3706721085

It's been fun, indie rawk. Good night, sweet prince.

New album in January. Contra.

01 Horchata
02 White Sky
03 Holiday
04 California English
05 Taxi Cab
06 Run
07 Cousins
08 Giving Up the Gun
09 Diplomat's Son
10 I Think Ur a Contra

IS THAT ALBUM COVER A JOKE???

I THINK I LIKE IT!!

I hope it's the real cover, because I'm going to buy it and stare at it for hours.

cool, but deserves its own thread. still really like that album.

nice cover pic of preppy girl and reaganesque title--way to tweak the haters!

I THINK UR A CONTRA

O I GET IT LIKE CONTRAPUNTAL LOLZ

In [life], counterpoint is the relationship between two or more [people] that are independent in contour and rhythm and are [sexually] interdependent.

Haha. The collar on her yellow polo shirt is turned up. JUST LIKE PREPPIES IN THE 80S!

I have no real interest in this band, but that album cover is going to make me a fan.

O I GET IT LIKE CONTRAPUNTAL LOLZ

In [life], counterpoint is the relationship between two or more [people] that are independent in contour and rhythm and are [sexually] interdependent.

― LEGOS by Atlas Sound (coming eventually, 2009 or 2010) (Future_Perfect), Thursday, September 17, 2009 3:06 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark

No dice! It's Contra as in an oh-so-cheeky inversion of Sandinista! You've heard of the Clash, right? And the girl looks like the hottie in Caddyshack...

is this from the new album?
http://hypem.com/track/905801/Vampire+Weekend+-+Ottoman
cause it's a pretty bad song

↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A

I really like that track! Can't wait for this album

Ottoman is from the Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist soundtrack, but I agree... it's a great song.

new song on vampireweekend.com

curious to hear thoughts.

Love it. I've already listened to it 10 times or so. Also, I've never had horchata, and now I'm going looking for some.

Vampire Weekend: stimulating the local economy.

Music's . . . okay, tho unmemorable. But I hate this group's cod-rock vibe.

"In December, drinkin' hawtchowddddaaaaa . . . " Blech.

Oh, sorry. It's "drinkin' Horchata," not "drinkin' hot chowda."

The facts may change, but my opinion never will.

ugggggggggggggggggggggggggggh

lol

"In December drinking horchata/ I look psychotic in a balaclava,

ugggggggggggggggggggggggggggh

― Mr. Que, Monday, October 5, 2009 9:19 PM (43 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i'm indebted enough with these guys to like this song a lot but i can't help but think that they are explicitly trolling with these lyrics

In December, drinking horchata/I’d look psychotic in a balaclava. Winter’s cold is too much to handle/Pincher crabs that pinch in your sandals.

In December, drinking horchata/Look down your glasses at that aranciata/With lips and teeth to ask how my day went/Boots and fists to pound on the pavement.

Here comes a feeling you thought you’d forgotten/Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on.

You’d remember drinking horchata/You’d still enjoy it with your foot on Masada.

Vampire Weekend Secures Place As The Jimmy Buffet Of The Oughts.

the thing is, the rhyming and phrasing is really pleasant, which is something that is def carried over from the first album but there's no way that the imagery isn't two big middle fingers to their haters

also i think it's important to note that ezra is kind of a goofy guy (cf his fake horror film that is the original 'vampire weekend', his jokey rapping in college) and i think rhyming shit like horchata and balaclava is his way of writing 'fun' carefree music. certainly i think that he uses his lyrics to play around with language moreso than try and rouse the listener's emotions (in this sense it's not that far from a lot of rap music)

Indie schmindie.

And I like indie.

"(in this sense it's not that far from a lot of rap music)." Somewhere, the Wu-Tang Clan is groaning with disbelief.

nah i mean, if you look at a lot of lil wayne's mixtape stuff or late 90s/early 2000s jay-z or 08/09 gucci mane, you see guys who are mostly writing lyrics where rhyming and phrasing and creating images that are evocative but not necessarily meaningful or connected are more important than conveying like concrete feelings which is obv what a lot of indie rock is about

(it's easy too to draw a connection between like some of ghostface's solo work and craig finn)

It is a natural comparison:

Lil Wayne: F--k The World

Look, look, look
A young nigga screaming fuck the world and let 'em die
Behind tints, tryna' duck the world and smoking rie
Got my bandanna 'round my head and pants to my feet
And got my eyes fire red and glock on my seat
I'm tryna' stay under intoxication
'Cause I lost my father, and got a daughter, plus I'm on probation
I'm drinking liquor like it's water, getting pissy drunk
And staying away from them lil' broads that trying to give me some
I keep a chopper in the trunk and my heat on my wasteline
Ducking the law, 'cause I ain't tryna' do no FED time
Sometimes I just wish I could be away
But I gotta take care of Reginae and keep macita straight
So I just maintain the struggle and I keep trying
But how can I when my closest people keep dyin'
I ain't lying that the law tryna' bust my clique
But I scream fuck the world man, I'm too young for this

Vampire Weekend: Horchata

In December, drinking horchata/I’d look psychotic in a balaclava. Winter’s cold is too much to handle/Pincher crabs that pinch in your sandals.
In December, drinking horchata/Look down your glasses at that aranciata/With lips and teeth to ask how my day went/Boots and fists to pound on the pavement.
Here comes a feeling you thought you’d forgotten/Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on.
You’d remember drinking horchata/You’d still enjoy it with your foot on Masada.

(Okay, okay, I assume you meant the people on Lil Wayne's mixtapes, not Lil Wayne himself.)

I think what he means is just "liking fun/interesting rhymes for their own sake"

Yes, but you're killing my buzz with "reasoned argument."

(j/k . . . I get J0rdan's point)

and like, i would be willing to believe that ezra 'freestyles' a lot of his lyrics. the opening line of "horchata" flows so smoothly & easily is & is so tied to that tinkling melody that it sounds like to me he came up with it in almost one take