NME — Singer knocks Vampire Weekend off the top spot more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — I have seen Vampire Weekend 5 times. I have met them various times, and even talk to Chris Baio on facebook. I wasn’t too pleased seeing them at such a big venue such as United Palace Theater. I couldn’t get tickets to Bowery/Webster as they sold... more info

Pitchfork - TV — --Vampire Weekend's Koenig and the Very Best's Esau Mwamwaya stage a dance-off. Ezra loses. more info

Nialler9 — What a month it’s been for albums. It’s January, traditional dead time but we’ve already had beefy albums from Owen Pallett, Vampire Weekend, These New Puritans and Four Tet with the knowledge that great records from Yeasayer, Two Door Cinema... more info

Guardian Music — (Iamsound)Vampire Weekend aren't the only band making African highlife music the unlikely heartbeat of indie pop. A Los Angeles 12-piece including former members of We Are Scientists and the Fall, Fool's Gold sound something like an Afrobeat Talking ... more info

BBC 6 Music — Vampire Weekend become first British indie-signed band in 19 years to top US chart more info

Music for Robots — S. Piliso & His Super Seven - Kuya Hanjwa. Look, I'm not the guy to sort out all the political, social, sociopolitical, and other implications of the indie fascination with South African, and specifically Sowetan, music. There's a lot to sa... more info

Quick Before It Melts — I think I wanted to hate Contra because I got my hand slapped for posting “Cousins” when I wasn’t supposed to.  First off, I didn’t like the song as much as I loved “Horchata”, so that didn’t bode well for the album as a whole, and s... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Beyoncé, Neil Young • John Mayer’s Dirty Mind & Lonely Heart • Jay-Z, U2, 100-Plus Stars Join Haiti Special • Grammys Announce 3-D Jackson Tribute • Win Butler on Arcade Fire’s Big Decade • Ozzy Osbourne on Future of B... more info

Pop Candy — Check out Whitney's barrage of pop-culture links for Thursday, Jan. 21. It includes stuff about Conan, Heroes, Vampire Weekend and more. more info