Live review: Vampire Weekend at the Music Box @ Fonda
Imagine Simba as a golden cub in “The Lion King†wearing a popped collar and chewing a big wad of bubblegum and you have some approximation of the charms and trifles of Vampire Weekend, the New York band providing consummate...
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
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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 instruct... more info
L.A. Times - Entertainment — Imagine Simba as a golden cub in The Lion King wearing a popped collar and chewing a big wad of bubblegum and you have some approximation of the charms and trifles of V... more info
Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Indie rock band Vampire Weekend seems a good bet to take the No. 1 spot on next week's U.S. pop album chart.
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Stereogum —
They're seemingly everywhere at once, but actually they're just in one place this Vampire Week -- California, muse to Contra, where the band brought bells to Conan and... more info
VH1 News — Vampire Weekend's Contra takes aim at teenage bloggers. "You let your emotions get too tied into 15-year-old people's LiveJournals, and clearly that's not a good thing," ... more info
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Imagine Simba as a golden cub in “The Lion King†wearing a popped collar and chewing a big wad of bubblegum and you have some approximation of the charms and ... more info
The Yellow Stereo — Kicking off the first big week of album releases in 2010, we have Vampire Weekend’s highly anticipated sophomore record, Contra. From my few listens, the band still re... more info
Addict Music —
With only slight deviations from what made them so successful and the addition of a few political undertones, Vampire Weekend have managed to produce the album everyon... 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 ... more info