Guardian Music — Alexandra Palace, LondonIf pop music were a school, Vampire Weekend and Janelle Monáe would be near the top of the class, gaining extra credit for drama club and diction. Though they are hardly identical, they both aspire to make music that is cleve... more info

Rollo & Grady — Q Magazine :: Top 50 Albums of 2010 1. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs 2. Robert Plant – Band of Joy 3. Plan B – The Defamation of Strickland Banks 4. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can 5. Vampire Weekend – Contra 6. John Grant – Queen of De... more info

Perez Hilton — Back in July, we reported that Vampire Weekend was being sued by the model on the cover of their Contra album. Now, the band is looking to get satisfaction themselves, and they're suing the photographer, Tod Brody, for alleging that he had the rights... more info

VH1 Blog — It’s that time of the year already! The 53rd annual Grammy nominations (for 2011) were announced last night and it’s safe to say that Eminem made a clean sweep popping up in 10 categories. Love the Way you Lie is up for Song and Record of the T... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers VAMPIRE WEEKEND have won permission from a judge to serve a photographer with legal papers via email or post after failing to track him down in the ongoing battle... more info

411 Mania — VW says they thought everything was on the up and up... more info

NME — Band say liability for $2million lawsuit lies with Tod Brody more info

Scotsman.com — VAMPIRE WEEKEND CORN EXCHANGE, EDINBURGH **** more info

Stereogum — Over the summer we told you about Ann Kirsten Kennis, the model on the cover of Vampire Weekend’s Contra, and her case against the band and photographer Tod Brody. An interview with Kennis from the Fairfield Citizen put a lot of holes in Brody’s ... more info

Stereogum — Vampire Weekend created a commercial-friendly non-denominational holiday song with “Holiday.” And now that things need to be bought and sold for Christmas, “Holiday” is showing up in a few places. The first is this ad for prep purveyor Tommy ... more info