Rolling Stone — Vampire Weekend revealed on their official Website today that their second album Contra will be released on January 12th, 2010. The “Oxford Comma” band also revealed the album’s track list, and judging by the 10 songs listed, the LP is not a co... more info

Stereogum — Recognize this comely mystery girl? In recent weeks her portrait has appeared on various music blogs with no link or accompanying text. An ad for Ralph Lauren? Probably not. Cue viral buzz. In its second phase, the ad linked to ithinkuracontra.com... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Thank you god! Vampire Weekend have announced finally that their 2nd album Contra is coming out January 12th, next year!!! Here is the tracklisting! 01 Horchata 02 White Sky 03 Holiday 04 California English 05 Taxi Cab 06 Run 07 Cousins 08 Giving Up ... more info

Abeano — Exciting news ! Vampire Weekend’s new album is finished and out very soon. It’s called ‘Contra’ and it’s released January 11th 2010 (a day later in the States). Here’s the front cover… And the tracklisting is as follows… 1.... more info

NME — Plus the New Yorkers announce release date and tracklisting for 'Contra' more info

NME — Patti Smith, Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig pay tribute more info

Persona Sauna — To kick start the Spring/Summer 2010 season, New York is having its very own Fashion's Night Out event beginning at 6pm tonight featuring events at over 700 stores.You can learn about the full list of events on their official site, but I'm going to ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Guitar smashing and recriminations... The events and causes of the bust-up that ended with Noel Gallagher walking outLike a Cassandra to his own Trojan war, it might just be that last year Liam Gallagher saw the events of the past few weeks advancing... more info

Stereogum — The makeup-wearing senior citizen with the girl's name and 7 handicap is not a fan of Upper West Side Soweto. Alice asks Noisecreep, "Are all American bands metro-sexual now? I heard the title Vampire Weekend and I thought, 'Oh, man, that's gonna ... more info

NME — Guest DJs to hit the decks at free London party more info