You guys made some very educated guesses about what Vampire Weekend's been counting down to all day. Some of them were even right! At the strike of zero, ithinkuracontra.com swiftly redirected to vampireweekend.com (again), where the band is offering up this free download of Contra's opening track, "Horchata." In the band's Progress Report, Rostam told Jessica it was the track he was most pleased with, and one that abandoned guitars entirely in favor of kalimba, marimba, and a Yamaha VSS-30 he g...
Rolling Stone — Vampire Weekend are offering up “Horchata,” the opening song off their January 12th album Contra, as a free download over at their official Website today. The band ha... more info
Guardian Music — Horchata is the first Vampire Weekend song to be released from their second album, Contra"In December drinking horchata/I look psychotic in a balaclava" And what better w... more info
Stereogum — You guys made some very educated guesses about what Vampire Weekend's been counting down to all day. Some of them were even right! At the strike of zero, ithinkuracontra.... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Vampire Weekend - Horchata (MP3) Noisecreep: Who are some of the young musicians you admire? Alice Cooper: There are some very inventive people. Jack White is i... more info
Pasta Primavera — So yesterday morning I discovered like many on the internets that Vampire Weekend was having some sort of countdown on their website. It was going to wrap up in the m... more info
We All Want Someone To Shout For — Well we finally know what that countdown was for huh. We figured it had something to do with something new. It just turns out that it is the premier of Contra’s leadoff... more info
Chorus.fm — Download *Vampire Weekend's (http://myspace.com/vampireweekend)* single "Horchata" for free right here (http://ithinkuracontra.com). more info
We All Want Someone To Shout For — Well if you are obsessed with Vampire Weekend like me, you have traced their roots pretty deep. Ezra’s first journey into the music scene was with his old hip-hop d... more info
I Guess I'm Floating — There's no doubt that Vampire Weekend will continue to be a commercial success, but will they be a "one-hit-wonder" with the indie kids? Will there be a "wicked backlash... more info
Rock Sellout —
Vampire Weekend have given #musicmonday a lift by releasing Horchata as a free download on their website. Horchata is the opening track off the new album “Contra... more info
Nialler9 —
Vampire Weekend today released ‘Horchata’ a new song from their upcoming album Contra to be released in January through XL.
It’s no great change from their debut ... more info