Vampire Weekend

Artist: Vampire Weekend
Album: Vampire Weekend
Genre: Indie pop
Label: XL recordings


I'll preface by saying that this band was poorly introduced to me. Contrary to unpopular belief, Vampire Weekend is not the new Audioslave nor a replacement for them (long story). That said, dispositions aside, this is a great band with a fresh sound; described as African Pop meets Western Classical. If you're writing a screenplay for a movie based in late summer on the Harvard campus, this is your soundtrack.

Taken Best: During the summer, like all other pop!

I picked probably the most upbeat track of the album, it's also the track that was recommended to me. So I hope you enjoy "A-Punk" (the music video reminds me of some of OK Go's videos).

Now, the reason I picked Vampire Weekend for tonight, is for two reasons.
1.) There's a side project going on between Rostam Batmanglij from Vampire Weekend and Wes Miles from Ra Ra Riot. Check out some of those tracks here. Don't look for it in stores unless you own a turn-table.
2.) News of a new Vampire Weekend album has been circulating for some time now, but it's apparently supposed to come out next month (September)! I'll try and review it within a couple days of it coming out; let's just hope it's not pushed back.

The closest I've found to Vampire weekend is MGMT and Cold War Kids.

Enjoy,
Sherwood