It's been 13 years since Wes Anderson's first movie, Bottle Rocket, hit theaters. Since then, he's directed a slew of increasingly high-profile and critically acclaimed films: Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, and The Darjeeling Limited. While the last two of these movies have had mixed reviews, Anderson has finally returned to form this year with the Fantastic Mr. Fox, a clay...
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I always thought that Vampore Weekend were name checking the British counterpart to their ivy league alma mater with this tune. Then I thought...you know, they have some preppy style, so maybe this ditty is about their favorite type of lace-ups. But then when I hit the ol' Google function for the dictionary definition of "Oxford Comma" it all finally came to me full circle. The 'Oxford com...
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It's been a bad two weeks for Vampire Weekend. The preppy indie rock band's UK tour has been cursed. Just last week the hyped band had to cancel two UK concerts because keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij had been sidelined with a gastric infection. Batmanglij also missed last night's Shockwaves NME Awards in London. The Awards show, however, spelled disaster for another Vampire Weekend member, drum...
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As Stereogum points out this morning, Vampire Weekend has a countdown running on the site ithinkuraconta.com. Contra, of course, is the recently-announced name of the band's new album... so what do you think's going to happen at 2:30PM EST today? It probably rhymes with "few mingle," if you catch my drift... stay tuned. UPDATE: The site now redirects to a stream and free download of "Horcha...
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Vampire Weekend are (officially) back! All is right in the world again! I have some college work to catch up on, but how could I concentrate when there is brand new Vampire Weekend to post about???Vampire Weekend’s new single “Cousins” is finally here in recorded form! I can give up listening to Cousins live all [...]
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The band recently finished touring in California playing at skate parks and other small venues, now they will be heading to Japan and Australia before coming back and starting the tour dates in the US for the support of their new album "Contra". Vampire Weeekend will then...Click the link to read more
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Vampire Weekend have announced details of their second album, although it’s not due anytime soon. Released in Ireland on January 8th 2010, the record will be titled Contra and will feature the following tracks:1. Horchata2. White Sky3. Holiday4. California [...]
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Vampire Weekend today announced that their second album Contra, will be released on 8th (IE) / 11th (UK), 12th (US) January 2010 on XL Recordings. Here’s the tracklisting and cover is over the right. Clearly sticking to a theme there lads. 1. Horchata2. White Sky3. Holiday4. California English5. Taxi Cab6. Run7. Cousins8. Giving Up [...]
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I first heard this song, “White Sky” played at the Pitchfork Music Festival last year and it was a joy to hear it on a nice summer day. It sounds great on Jimmy Fallon as well. I have kind of gone in waves liking Vampire Weekend. When their album first came out, [...]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:SOLD OUT!U2Wednesday, June 16th, Doors 5:00PM/ Show 7:00PMOakland ColiseumON SALE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH AT 10AM!LIVE105's NOT SO SILENT NIGHT 2009Muse, AFI, 30 Seconds to Mars, Vampire Weekend, Metric and DJ MilesFriday, December 11th, Doors 6:00PM/ Show 6:15PMORACLE Arena in OaklandTickets are $59.50 and $49.50 for reserved seating and $59.50 for general admission floor ...
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Check out the first single from their sophomore album, Contra, out January 12, 2010. It's guitar-less and xylophone-driven and AWESOME. Vampire Weekend - Horchata.mp3 01 Horchata02 White Sky03 Holiday04 California English05 Taxi Cab06 Run07 Cousins08 Giving Up the Gun09 Diplomat's Son10 I Think Ur a Contra Tour Dates:10-15 London, England - King's College10-22 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino1...
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Vampire Weekend have released the video for the first single 'Cousins' from theri upcoming 2010 album "Contra". The single is comparable to their prior punky single 'A-Punk'. It has already been released igitally and will be released on December 15 on 7" vinyl. The video...Click the link to read more
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I usually run away from hype like a scared little girl from a pervy old man. But, I, thankfully didn't hear all the hype on Vampire Weekend until I got the album in my hands. All I have to say is believe the hype. These guys are so good it makes my ears bleed.Thing is they're not deep, or prog, or challenging, or any of that. It's just straight ahead pop music made by a bunch of kooky NY boys. ...
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I’m trying to get through all the things I’ve managed to miss over the last few weeks and one of them happens to be Vampire Weekend’s performance on Jimmy Fallon. They performed their new song “White Sky” that might possibly be on a new album in the fall. What can I say? The song sounds [...]
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I got up this morning and found this on my youtube page.I love the handmade look to the video, especially the underwater scenes. Great video, good song.
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