Spinner.com — Filed under: The Chum BucketSpinner.com: The lineup for this weekend's KROQ 'Almost Acoustic Christmas' show is pretty amazing. (All bets on the guys from Vampire Weekend wearing ironically lame and ill-fitting Christmas sweaters.) [KROQ] Rumor has... more info

Paste Magazine — If you’ve ever been to an English department mixer/off-campus kegger that happened to take place in an airplane hangar, you would have felt right at home at the Vampire Weekend show last Thursday at Terminal 5 . more info

Said the Gramophone — 1. Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow, and Blue - "Foxes Mate For Life" Somehow two things can sometimes come into existence at the same time. Like babies who look the same and also happen to be named the same name. But when this happens, one wins, right... more info

Said the Gramophone — 1. Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow, and Blue - "Foxes Mate For Life" Somehow two things can sometimes come into existence at the same time. Like babies who look the same and also happen to be named the same name. But when this happens, one wins, right... more info

Pitchfork — Each and every year, avant garde composer Philip Glass gathers a few pals at Carnegie Hall to give it up for the past, present and future of the nation of Tibet, with a concert benefiting the New York City institution Tibet House. It's usually quite ... more info

Pitchfork — Each and every year, avant garde composer Philip Glass gathers a few pals at Carnegie Hall to give it up for the past, present and future of the nation of Tibet, with a concert benefiting the New York City institution Tibet House. It's usually q... more info

MTV.com News — He says 'Paranoid' and 'Robocop' are 'neck and neck' to be his next single.By Jocelyn Vena Kanye West in "Heartless" Photo: Roc-A-Fella Kanye West is never one to shy away from tooting his own horn, and he's taking the success of ... more info

MTV.com News — He says 'Paranoid' and 'Robocop' are 'neck and neck' to be his next single.By Jocelyn Vena Kanye West in "Heartless" Photo: Roc-A-Fella Kanye West is never one to shy away from tooting his own horn, and he's taking the success of ... more info

The Lipster — More best 'bits' today, with a shout-out for the kazoos on MGMT's Time To Pretend, a Lipster reader who thinks about house-painting while listening to Vampire Weekend, a mention for Saint Cheryl and, and, AND a very special wngh-wngh-wngh noise. more info

Pasta Primavera — I don’t know what I was doing but somehow I missed Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos peformance on Conan a few weeks back.  They performed an amazing rendition of “As Tall As Cliffs” off of their recent dual album release Animal/Not Animal.... more info