Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Music – Hollywood 1. Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM 2. Beach House – Teen Dream 3. Spoon – Transference 4. XX – Self-Titled 5. Vampire Weekend – Contra 6. Soft Pack – Self-Titled 7. Dave Rawlings Machine – Friend of a Friend 8. Sur... more info

Stereogum — Los Angeles-via-Pennsylvania multi-instrumental singer and home recordist Evan Voytas -- sort of a more clean-cut Ariel Pink -- creates strange synth-pop/space-disco outings that feel danceable but private and insular. The idea's explored in the vide... more info

NME Radio — Hiya, Chris Martin from the NME Radio evening show here. A quick heads up for you on Jon Hillcock and his guests this week; he'll be chatting to all the NME Awards Tour Bands, finding out what's been happening from inside the camp, also he's got a Va... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — First in a new thing I'm going to do, rounding up the days goings on in a few handy links. Hopefully this way I won't miss much of what is going on but won't have to spin a full post out of tiny internet morsels. Here goes nothing...Liam Gallagher ha... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Last week Vampire Weekend stopped by BBC’s studio’s to record a live session for Zane Lowe. Usually band’s are allowed to pick a song to cover, and Vampire Weekend choose Rancid’s “Ruby Soho”. If you had to predict what Vampire Weekend wo... more info

Stereogum — When dishing up our two cents on Vampire Weekend's Billboard-topping Contra we noted: It would have been interesting if Ezra had worked some of his knowledge/love of punk and hardcore (a la his Fucked Up moment) into the mix. The song notes provided ... more info

Abeano — Last week Vampire Weekend visited the BBC’s beautiful Maida Vale studio to record a session for Radio 1’s Zane Lowe. As well as a great version of ‘Cousins’ which you can watch here the band were asked to perform a cover of anything ... more info

Said the Gramophone — Vampire Weekend - "I Think Ur A Contra". You could tell me there is still snow on the mountaintop. You could say the birds were all jays. You could say, "Sean, there is a place in San Francisco where... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Abe Vigoda @ The Smell in October (more by Rachel Carr) If you happen to be in L.A. on Saturday, February 7th, "No Cancer: A benefit for our Friend's Mom" will be happening at a "secret" location (e-mail for info,... more info

411 Mania — Is the anticipated sophomore effort a worthwhile follow-up or a total mess? more info