Ezra Koenig: Soundtrack of My Life

The Vampire Weekend frontman on fake rap posse the Lonely Island and the Kinks' exotic EnglishnessThis year began extremely well for Vampire Weekend: their second album, Contra, entered the US charts at No 1, a first for both the New York quartet and their British record label, XL Recordings. One of the year's best releases, it took their thoughtful, Afrobeat-inspired pop into the mainstream. This is partly down to singer Ezra Koenig's idiosyncratic songwriting, which sketches a world bordered b...

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