Guardian Music — Chart topper for US band's debut album celebrated by small record label in LondonNew York afrobeat-infused rockers ­Vampire Weekend were buoyant as they greeted fans in their home town this week. "This is a celebration for the new album," yelled f... more info

Stereogum — Contra, which has sold 124,000 copies and is the band's first no. 1, "is only the 12th independently distributed album to top the Billboard 200 chart since SoundScan began powering the list in May of 1991," says Billboard. Take that Ke$ha. more info

Chorus.fm — *Vampire Weekend (http://myspace.com/vampireweekend)*'s new album Contra debuted as the top-selling album (http://www.billboard.com/news/vampire-weekend-lands-first-no-1-album-1004060383.story#/news/vampire-weekend-lands-first-no-1-album-1004060383.s... more info

MTV.com News — Contra marks highest indie-rock debut since 2007, and first #1 for label XL.By James Montgomery Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig Photo: Jeff Gentner/Getty Images Score one for the indie kids. In a rather amazing turn of events, Vampire Week... more info

VH1 News — Vampire Weekend's sophomore album, Contra, debuts at #1 on the Billboard albums chart. more info

Rolling Stone — The Big News: Vampire Weekend’s meteoric rise was cemented this week as everyone and their cousins bought the New York band’s second album Contra. The record debuted at Number One on the Billboard Top 200 with 124,000 copies sold, putting a swift... more info

The Independent — The most blogged artist on January 20 according to The Hype Machine is Jay Reatard, the Memphis garage rocker who died January 13 at age 29. Following in second and third are Swedish indie pop band jj, whose first single came out in 2009 and whose s... more info

The Independent — The lineup for the 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which will take place April 16-18 in Indio, California, was announced January 19. In addition to headliners Jay-Z, Muse, and Gorillaz, the more than 130 acts set to perform will inclu... more info

Undercover, Australia — Vampire Weekend, Thom Yorke, Then Crooked Vultures and Gorillaz are just some of the acts who will play Coachella 2010. more info

411 Mania — Gorillaz, Thom Yorke, FNM, Vampire Weekend, Them Crooked Vultures and plenty more set for big show... more info