Vampire Weekend's Contra: Pan-Ethnic Pop, With Tzatziki Sauce!
Band's new LP is a musical melting pot, to fans' delight (and bookish critics' derision).By James Montgomery
Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig
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Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig is the kind of guy who thinks really deeply about the social ramifications of gyros. I know this because he told me.
"I've always loved gyros," he said. "I recently read an interesting article about how they came up in America. The modern gyro was kind of invented in Chicago, and it's kind of a sad sto...
MTV.com News — Band's new LP is a musical melting pot, to fans' delight (and bookish critics' derision).By James Montgomery
Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig
Photo: MTV News
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Rolling Stone — Rolling Stone’s Kevin O’Donnell takes a look at Vampire Weekend’s highly anticipated second disc Contra in this week’s New Music Report. The New York quartet donâ... more info
Stereogum —
A month shy of two years ago, Vampire Weekend made their network television debut on Letterman with "A-Punk." They returned last night bringing their punkest bit yet w... more info
Live Daily — Indie rockers Vampire Weekend [ tickets ] have lined up a spring headlining outing in support of the band's forthcoming second album, "Contra," which is due in stores nex... more info
NME - The Video Blog — In the new issue Paul Stokes gives Vampire Weekend's new album 'Contra' a rave, 8/10 review, saying that it's "less immediate than its predecessor, but worth sticking wit... more info
The Red Radio — Vampire Weekend performed Cousins last night on Letterman. The new album, Contra, is due next week. Listen to the record in full over on the band's official site, her... more info
Altsounds — Fan Death will be returning to the UK in February, supporting Vampire Weekend on their nationwide tour across the land.
With their forthcoming EP, ‘A Coin For... more info