NEW MUSIC WEDNESDAY! – btw while it’s still going on: every Wednesday in January you can walk into any Dunkin’ Doughnuts and receive a free Medium Coffee. (Not Grande, Medium) lol
NMW- this one features Vampire Weekend: a spunky, and resilient band of “20something” men from New York.
Their work can best be described to the most basic music enthusiast as a mix of Ben Kweller’s swag, jumbled in with the sensational writing of Death Cab, and the up-beat styling of groups like OK GO, and tempo of Modest Mouse with a little more groove- just enough to make you move your hips in circles while your feet begin to stomp as though you’re living room full of people were only invited over to help cure your pest problem.
LOL DID YOU GET ALL OF THAT?
THIS WEEK: I have been listening to the boys- Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Christopher Tomson, Chris Baio from their website which is streaming their entire new CD “Contra” for free.
As far as LIVE, I have yet to see these guys do their thing on a stage near me, and looks like I will not for some time- 3/4ths of their shows have already sold out (most of them being over seas, where they seem to have quite the calling as well)
This week marked a special occasion for the Vampire Weekenders – #1 Album in America. 
Now granted, most of the 125,000 albums sold this past week were probably from uncalibrated pop-tarts expecting a fold-out poster of Rob Pattenson & stickers of Team Edward / Team Jacob. But Kidding, and Vampire hype aside, the boys from Brooklyn have struck gold with this album and have come through on their unprecedented indie hype to start off the year.
Their 1st big note of mainstream recognition had to have come in the summer of 2008 when the Will Ferrell film Step=Brothers featured their song A-Punk in the opening credit sequence. Since then they have not looked back, being written about in nearly every musical publication including Rolling Stone, where they were featured s a band to watch.
Good luck getting a piece of them live in the States, but as far as their Sophomore Studio album goes- it’s a home-run!
i give it 4 out of 5 leg kicks
and 5 out of 5 fist pumps.
I’ve been listening to it every day for a solid week and it is getting a bit droll for me, but it’s only allowing my favorite songs to emerge- HORCHATA, Holiday, California English, and Giving Up The Gun.
Their international tour concludes in June. Go check them out on their website, and search for them on Tinysong.com
hahaaaa! ttyl here’s are a few vids for you to peak at:
Love some vampire weekend!
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