Rolling Stone — Because Vampire Weekend are the ultimate college band (at least for people who balk at the notion of a college band), it made sense that frontman Ezra Koenig had instruction in mind last night at Hollywood’s Henry Fonda Theater, where the New York ... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — Listen to Vampire Weekend's new album 'Contra' - and let us know what you think. Meanwhile, here's Ezra Koenig's track-by-track guide, a version of which appears in the current issue of NME, an 'albums for 2010' special. [...] Read more! more info

MTV.com News — 'You let your emotions get too tied into 15-year-old people's LiveJournals, and clearly that's not a good thing,' Ezra Koenig says.By James Montgomery Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij and Ezra Koenig Photo: MTV News Vampire Weekend have... more info

MTV.com News — Pop rapper's debut, Animal, knocks British songstress to #2.By Gil Kaufman Ke$ha's Animal Photo: RCA Records It took a party-animal newcomer like Ke$ha to end chart champ Susan Boyle's Billboard reign. The Auto-Tune-loving pop rapper, who... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "In the grand scheme of things, figuring out whether to stay in a job that pays north of $15 million a year or fighting for some sort of buyout that would also be in the millions -- if not multimillions... more info

Stereogum — Thank god Vampire Weekend played Conan last night, that guy hasn't been in the headlines for ages now. Just kidding, shit is bananas over there. It's interesting how moving Leno to 10PM didn't kill NBC's drama programming so much as shift it to l... more info

XFM.co.uk — The generous New Yorkers will play their second free gig of the week after announcing they're to play Somerset House this Thursday. more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — My kids love new toys. In fact, the newer the toy the better. In fact, the anticipation of getting the toy is almost better than actually getting the toy. In fact, looking at the toy in the store with the anticipation of buying it may be the best ... more info

NME — Band to play at Somerset House on Thursday (Jan 14) more info

MTV.com News — 'There's just something infinitely fascinating about a nice portrait of somebody,' Ezra Koenig says.By James Montgomery Vampire Weekend Photo: Francois Guillot/ AFP/ Getty Images We already know Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig is a gy... more info