Mercury News, California — Vampire Weekend hits some local clubs as a warm-up for a bigger tour. more info

Stereogum — Vampire Weekend's sold out show at the Art Theater of Long Beach followed a couple of secret-ish L.A. outings -- at the former site of Madame Wong's on Halloween (Ezra was dressed as Jon Gosselin, or a douchebag, or both) and at Hollenbeck Rec Center... more info

AngryApe — To support their forthcoming second album more info

XFM.co.uk — A-Punks will hit the UK in the New Year... more info

The Quietus — 2010 jaunt planned more info

The Late Greats — Vampires are the bees’ knees right now. From The Twilight Saga to Vampire Weekend’s new album. Coconut and The Duke have been bitten, too. The invasive folk duo took “Walcott” off Vampire Weekend's debut album and turned it ... more info

NME — Band set to make live return in February more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Vampire Weekend played two surprise shows in LA, and with those shows came 2 new songs that will be on Contra. They are called “Holiday” & “California English”! Holiday is a pretty chilled out track, with a nice melody. California English com... more info

Stereogum — When not giving guitar lessons and/or soundtracking HP commercials, Vampire Weekend's performing new songs from Contra . Last week you saw and heard "Cousins." This time it's "California English." (Thanks for the tip and video, Jesse.) The band d... more info

Rawkblog — Live: Rose Melberg — my hero, Rose Melberg (left; photo by David Greenwald) — played two rare, intimate shows in Los Angeles. News: It was a real Vampire Weekend as the band hit Los Angeles for Halloween; release dates for long-awaited albums fro... more info