Shark Party, CA — 14. Discovery - LP A left field side-project from Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij & Ra Ra Riot's Wes Miles eschews guitars in favor of ragged synths & shifting time scales. Like most experiments, it's not entirely successful (the "I... more info

Guardian Music — Music Weekly brings you something old, something new. The show begins with Kyp Malone, guitarist, songwriter and singer in New York's finest avant-pop act, TV On the Radio. Malone is currently masquerading as Rain Machine, the stage name under which ... more info

XFM.co.uk — The band line up an intimate show in London for the Spring... more info

Mercury News, California — After a rapid rise in 2008, Vampire Weekend looks like it will be hot again in 2010. more info

The Playlist — Garth Jennings is better known to most folks as one half (along with Nick Goldsmith) of the music video and commercial directing duo, Hammer & Tongs. The team has made celebrated ads and music videos for years, including works for Blur, R.E.M., Fatbo... more info

NME — Bob Mould, Andrew WK also feature on 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' more info

411 Mania — Little Richard has hip surgery, Stevie Wonder is a messenger for peace, Ron Wood is the not a messenger for peace, the government won't let Steve Albini be Santa Claus, Rivers Cuomo stops partying, Girl Talk talks reissues, Garfunkel and Oates rework... more info

NME — Band to play for competition winners more info

My Old Kentucky — Stay tuned for more info on a Contra listening party that MyOldKentuckyBlog.com will soon host, but a few tracks from Vampire Weekend's upcoming album are now out there for us to talk about. We weren't so keen on Horchata, but enjoyed the first sing... more info

Stereogum — Yes new Vampire Weekend, but I think ur a stiil a full eight tracks from hearing all of Contra proper, unfortunately. "California English, Pt. 2" is not to be confused with "California English"; the latter is the album track, whereas this one, the... more info