Pitchfork - TV — — A frenetic blitz of a video that shows the indie rockers moving up and down (and up and down) a NYC alleyway. Director: Garth Jennings. more info

Silent Uproar — With a new album due in early January, Vampire Weekend have announced a string of US shows in mid-December and January. [tinymixtapes.com] more info

Guardian Music — These pop boffins seem destined to join Vampire Weekend as arch auteurs of the new preppie aestheticHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Jesse Kivel (guitar, vocals), Matt Kivel (bass, vocals), Ben Usen (keyboard), David Kitz (drums).The background: Lik... more info

Said the Gramophone — Vampire Weekend - "Cousins". A train holiday across Essex, to meet yr cousins. Share a carriage with a man in an eyepatch with a broom moustache. Turns out he's related. He teaches you to snap your fingers in a different way. Stop in Danbury. Man a... more info

Stereogum — For about 54 seconds this just looks like a pretty lame movie's trailer, but that's when it becomes a pretty lame movie's trailer that also rips off "Oxford Comma" and "A-Punk." Hollywood magic! (And lawsuits probably!) more info

411 Mania — The 411Music Staffers get closer to the end of their decade-long countdown. This week, they discuss their Top 5 Favorite Tracks from 2008! They talk about everything from T.I. and Rihanna's "Live Your Life" to Kanye West's "Paranoid", Vampire Weeken... more info

411 Mania — From updates on the Stone Temple Pilots and Korn, Miley Cyrus’ tour bus crash, and the new Vampire Weekend music video to Jack White’s latest and upcoming studio work, Them Crooked Vultures, and a chat about cool rock docs, 411's Aa... more info

Quick Before It Melts — I’ve been trying to keep weekend posts to a minimum lately (a blogger needs some rest, doesn’t he?) but thought–hey, why wait for this?  By the time I get around to posting it, it’ll have been everywhere already. Vampire Weekend have a vid... more info

Guardian Music — News Corp site settles row with Merlin agency whose clients include Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead and Vampire WeekendMySpace has settled a year-long row with independent record companies with a landmark deal that will allow artists including Arctic Monke... more info

Guardian Music — Monotonix, On tourGarage rock is a truly international language, spoken in the UK and Scandinavia, as well as the USA. To that list, we can now add Israel: with Monotonix, the country brings its own spin on this most basic way of making yourself unde... more info