New band of the day – No 679: Princeton

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: Like most rock'n'rollers since time immemorial, Julian Casablancas didn't take too kindly in the Guardian over the weekend to the suggestion that he might have enjoyed a life of privilege when he was growing up. Rockers tend to want us to imagine they w...

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