411 Mania — From Metallica’s “Big Four” Tour and the VMAs and Kanye West to the Avril-Deryck split, Aerosmith drama, and new music from The Smashing Pumpkins, Atreyu, Vampire Weekend, and The Flaming Lips, 411's Aaron Titan breaks down... more info

411 Mania — Muse do Bond, Weezer track listing, new Smashing Pumkins "album", Weiland suffers seizure, AC/DC boxset, updates from Vampire Weekend, The Bravery, 30 Seconds to Mars, Joe Satriani, Panic! at the Disco and tons more all in the latest Great Rock News ... more info

Chicago Tribune — Vampire Weekend, Dirty Projectors and Yeasayer lead a wave of American bands blending rock with second-hand references to African music. But the currency goes both ways, as BLK JKS (pronounced "black jacks") offers a uniquely South African pers... more info

Said the Gramophone — The Ukeladies - "Sleep Today". They started the band as a kind of joke. Three girls who played ukulele - haha! The Ukeladies! Yes! They would play a few nights at Stu's, cover-songs mostly, then maybe get booked for Thunder Bay's big Victoria Day s... more info

Vampire Weekend have announced details of their forthcoming second album.Contra, the follow-up to the New York band's 2008 self-titled debut, is released on 11 January 2010... more info

Rolling Stone — • Megan Fox: New Cover of Rolling Stone • Beatles and Jay-Z Rule the Charts • Behind Neil Young Trunk Show • Janet Jackson Nipplegate Carries On • Satriani, Coldplay Copyright Suit Dismissed • News Ticker: Bob Dylan, Marilyn Manson • Ka... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — Dotmusic - New York act's second record is called "Contra" more info

Chorus.fm — *Vampire Weekend* (http://myspace.com/vampireweekend) will release (http://pitchfork.com/news/36492-vampire-weekend-announce-everything-about-second-album/) Contra on January 12, 2010. _ Track Listing_ 1) Horchata 2) White Sky 3) Holiday 4) Calif... more info

Clickmusic — 'Contra' to be released on 11th January 2010, tracklisting announced. more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Vampire Weekend's second album is out in January 2010 more info