Rollo & Grady — 50 M.I.A. – Arula 49 Muse – Absolution 48 The Walkmen – Bows and Arrows 47 Brendan Benson – Lapalco 46 The Delgados – The Great Eastern 45 Avalanches – Since I Left You 44 Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below 43 Wilco – Yankee Hotel ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Why do the Japenese always get the exclusive Bonus Tracks for every album? Vampire Weekend’s Contra will get two tracks. They are Giants (or Little Giant?), and Ottoman. We all recognized Ottoman from the film Nick & Norah’s Intimate Playlist. No... more info

Rolling Stone — Last month, Vampire Weekend gave fans new tune “Horchata” gratis. Yesterday, they released their official first single from Contra (due January 12th), the frenetic, bouncy “Cousins.” VW’s Rostam Batmanglij and Chris Baio recently sat down w... more info

MTV.com News — Justin Bieber, 30 Seconds to Mars, Fabolous, Owl City, Cobra Starship also suit up for radio gigs.By Gil Kaufman Taylor Swift Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images 'Tis the season for inappropriately early Christmas decorations, conspicuous con... more info

Stereogum — With "Horchata," Vampire Weekend offered up an even-keeled primer to their forthcoming Contra alongside an expanded instrumental palette that featured marimba, kalimba, and an eBayed Yamaha VSS-30. For fans of Ezra's more frantically paced guita... more info

Guardian Music — Ever wondered why I Am the Resurrection and Fools Gold feature in so many playlists? It's to allow the DJ enough time to sprint to the loo and backFurther proof this week, if any were needed, that Stairway to Heaven is musical cancer, comes from Led ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Vampire Weekend are (officially) back! All is right in the world again! I have some college work to catch up on, but how could I concentrate when there is brand new Vampire Weekend to post about??? Vampire Weekend’s new single “Cousins” is fina... more info

8/1 — MP3: Vampire Weekend - Cousins more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Vampire Weekend - Horchata (MP3) Vampire Weekend @ Halloween show in L.A. (more by Rachel Carr) Vampire Weekend's upcoming tour dates take the band to Japan, Australia, down the West Coast, then to New York for three nights at... more info

NME — Ezra Koenig and co will play just four dates more info