Stereogum — Looks like “Crash” is going to be a significant influence on future Vampire Weekend material as soon as Ezra can figure out the chords. He recently posted this to YouTube with the comment “fuk the haters.” There’s more, because at Columbia... more info

Nialler9 — A free three-track covers EP from Guards which features radically-different huge reverb-heavy slow rock versions of songs by Metallica (‘Motorbreath’), Vampire Weekend (‘Taxi Cab’) and M.I.A (‘Born Free’). Guards is Richie Follin, brother... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Guards just tweeted that they have a new free EP on bandcamp. It’s a digital 7″, 3 song EP consisting of covers that the band did. The songs that they covered are: Metallica’s “Motorbreath”, Vampire Weekends “Taxi Cab” and M.I.A.’s �... more info

Guardian Music — This Mississippi trio might look like low-expectation slackers, but their music offers glimpses of a band with ambitionHometown: Oxford, Mississippi.The lineup: Jim Barrett, Ben Yarbrough and Alex Von Hardberger.The background: Young Buffalo come fro... more info

ContactMusic — KANYE WEST has topped a new list of music tweeters, beating THE ROOTS UESTLOVE.Patrick Carney of The Black Keys and Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig also make the top five on website RollingStone.com. Diddy, The Streets' Mike Skinner and 50 Cent make th... more info

Topix — Vampire Weekend has been nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 2011 Grammy Awards for the group's sophomore album Contra . more info

Guardian Music — Erstwhile winsome star of 60s folk pop Donovan performs the 1966 album Sunshine Superman that saw him shift into psych, plus other hits with the London Contemporary Orchestra and special guests (3 Jun, Royal Albert Hall, SW7) ...Angular post-punk her... more info

Guardian Music — Broken limbs, intransigent rules, alienating albums ... are the Walkmen their own worst enemies?It was the guitar Paul Maroon had been searching for his whole adult life: a Rickenbacker 360 Capri, made in 1959, with twin pickups, a rosewood fretboard... more info

NME — Take That, Vampire Weekend, Florence and more up for 2011 gongs more info

NME — Julian tweets 'real' Strokes cover, Wino and Tony Bennett hook up – your music gossip stop more info