This Week's Interesting Music Releases (January 12th, 2010)
Vampire Weekend's second album, Contra, is the first highly buzzed release of 2010, which adds Latin American music influences to their mix. If you saw the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy'sThe Road, you know how effective Nick Cave and...
Guardian Music — Got your head around their new album yet? Yes? Then let this Technicolor mash scramble your brain all over againSince Vampire Weekend put their new album Contra online la... more info
XFM.co.uk — Rough trade East plays host to everyone's favourite preppy New Yorkers. Plus, the band follow in… erm… Eric Clapton's footsteps and go Unplugged. more info
NME.COM - Reviews Blog — So, it's out today (11 January). Vampire Weekend's second album 'Contra' is streaming now on Vampireweekend.com. What do you think?
The consensus so far seems to be th... more info
LargeHeartedBoy — Jeph Jacques, the cartoonist behind the webcomic Questionable Content, lists more "bands as people." Radiohead is the girl who was absolutely stunning back in college and... more info
LargeHeartedBoy — Vampire Weekend's second album, Contra, is the first highly buzzed release of 2010, which adds Latin American music influences to their mix. If you saw the film adaptatio... more info