I know I know. But yes I think they do deserve a thread.



Vampire Weekend came to public attention via a variety of blogs, first on the African music audioblog "Benn loxo du taccu" and then six months later on Stereogum, leading many to cite them as another example of the "blog band" phenomenon. The band is influenced by both African popular music and Western Classical Music. They describe their genre of music as "Upper West Side Soweto", performing such songs as "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," which references Congolese soukous music, as well as making references, in their song Oxford Comma, to Lil' John & The Eastside Boyz. This song was #67 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. The band made a television appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on February 1, 2008.

The members of the band met while attending Columbia University.

The band derives its name from a film they made together titled "Vampire Weekend". The film told the story of a boy named Walcott charged by an elder to dispatch a vampiric horde in Cape Cod and escape. The song "Walcott" off their debut album details the plot of the film.

They were declared "The Year's Best New Band" by the March 2008 issue of Spin Magazine and were the first band to ever be shot for the cover of the magazine before releasing their debut CD.

The band also played on the BBC TV program Later With Jools Holland on Friday 29th February alongside Supergrass and The Kills.

On March 8, 2008, Vampire Weekend will be on NBC's Saturday Night Live as the musical guest with host Amy Adams.

They were also MTV's Artist of the Week for the week of March 3, 2008, being featured during commercials and show credits.

They toured the UK in late 2007 as support to The Shins

3/6/2008 9:04:10 PM

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"But yes I think they do deserve a thread."

You thought wrong.

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GG on starting a thread for the Wikipedia entry on a band that has already gone through the hype and backlash cycle on most of the internet.

3/6/2008 9:15:55 PM

welcome to my thread motherfucker.

I like to give a bit of background on the band, then it would segue into a discussion of the merit of the music.

But you had to come in here and be a cunt about it, didn't you?

3/6/2008 9:25:10 PM

^ calm down, you sandy vagina

Vampire Weekend has been discussed ALL OVER the Music 2008 thread: would it kill you to contribute there instead of creating a thread where we don't feel like reposting the same stuff we said in that thread?

Oh who cares, just talk to yourself in here. Whatever.

3/6/2008 9:29:33 PM

^

^^^

Sounds like you guys are contributing to the thread mighty fine.

Anyways, I just got in to them a few weeks ago. Been listening to it on loop ever sense while I'm in frot of my computer. Just now getting a bit played out but that's how I roll.

[Edited on March 6, 2008 at 9:46 PM. Reason : spellingz ]

3/6/2008 9:41:05 PM

I tend to nonstop spin new records myself. NPR has a great bit on them this afternoon on fresh air

3/6/2008 9:45:49 PM

Talking Heads+Paul Simon>>>>>Vampire Weekend

3/6/2008 9:55:04 PM

^ Yeah.

I still like Oxford Comma...but since it was on the EP, I've already been over it for a while.

3/7/2008 1:29:20 AM

Oxford Comma is by far my favorite track.

But that is partially because I'm a journalist and really don't give a fuck about an Oxford comma.

3/7/2008 1:46:33 AM

And because I'm a creative writer, I love the Oxford comma so much that any song devoted to it, even a negative one, makes me smile.

3/7/2008 5:34:53 AM

NPR talked about this band yesterday on the radio. They had high praises for the group, which made me think I might be interested in the band, and then they played the music and I was a little disappointed.

3/7/2008 6:41:16 AM

i enjoy them. not a group i am crazy about but i enjoy their music.


i swear there is another thread in here devoted to them cause i remember discussing them with pilgrimshoes.




and on a side note, i am devoted to using the oxford comma.

3/7/2008 8:03:47 AM

(OLD) like three months ago

3/7/2008 10:00:01 AM

i don't get the hype

3/7/2008 2:01:16 PM

it's what i would describe as a "fun" record.....nothing too ground-breaking, but fun to throw on every now and then

3/7/2008 5:51:11 PM

Saw them on SNL--did. . .not. . .like. Sorry.

3/10/2008 4:27:59 AM

me and teh_toch love them

[Edited on March 10, 2008 at 7:08 AM. Reason : _]

3/10/2008 7:08:03 AM

couldnt have been any shittier than the rest of SNL.

3/10/2008 7:08:39 AM

i like em. i like the strings a lot.

3/10/2008 8:19:05 AM

^^ I completely agree. That was one of the worst SNL broadcasts I've ever seen.

3/10/2008 10:31:15 AM

I'm not crazy about this band or their album (I really only like 3-4 songs on it), but I thought they sounded great on SNL

3/10/2008 10:39:15 AM

^ Well, if you mean the band performed well, that's one thing. Presumably, they composed the songs, so they should perform them well. Whether one likes the songs or not is an entirely separate matter.

3/10/2008 11:14:25 AM

I'm shocked that hooksaw is bitching about a band.

3/10/2008 12:13:00 PM

^ Can you STFU for once, you nut-riding troll? I was simply expressing an opinion.

And I'm shocked that you swooped in--yet again--to comment on one of my posts.[/sarcasm] Are you obsessed?

3/10/2008 12:23:52 PM

Why you came back in here again to say "well I wasn't talking about their playing, I REALLY DO HATE THEIR SONGS" is similarly perplexing.

Have you ever had a positive opinion on anything?

[Edited on March 10, 2008 at 12:28 PM. Reason : and LOL at you trying to flatter yourself]

3/10/2008 12:25:37 PM

You know, I'm surprised that hooksaw doesn't like VW, considering how incredibly white he is.

3/10/2008 1:50:43 PM

not impressed.

that SNL performance almost put me to sleep.

3/10/2008 3:20:44 PM

fuck SNL, they were supposed to be at langerado where I would have seen them, but canceled in favor of SNL.

grrr.

3/11/2008 12:39:07 AM

They'll be at the pitchfork music festival

but you'll have to go to chicago:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/49214-pitchfork-music-festival-2008

3/11/2008 7:52:10 AM

^^^^ How would you know, you music snob douche bag? That's right--you don't, troll. STFU.

3/11/2008 11:34:24 AM

I'm sorry, it's just too early in the day for that kind of language.

I'm trying to conduct a business transaction, for God's sake.

Also, for the sake of staying on topic, KWASSA.

3/11/2008 11:40:13 AM

i like them.

i also never use oxford commas

3/11/2008 2:45:59 PM

journalists



I was in a creative nonfiction class a few years back, and there was a very obvious split in style, philosophy, and seat positioning between the LCW majors and the Technician writers.

3/11/2008 3:02:03 PM

^ That's because Technician writers should be and likely are using The Associated Press Stylebook, which recommends against using the "Oxford comma," as the authority for their work published in the newspaper. In the course that you referred to, the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association or the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers was likely the authority--both of these manuals recommend use of the comma to separate words, phrases, and clauses in a series.

If you were as smart as you think you are, you would know this.


[Edited on March 11, 2008 at 3:29 PM. Reason : .]

3/11/2008 3:24:08 PM

HE DIDN'T SAY HE DIDN'T KNOW WHY THERE WAS A SPLIT

he does, in fact, know that

3/11/2008 4:52:31 PM

Sorry they suck

3/11/2008 5:16:11 PM

^x4


[Edited on March 11, 2008 at 5:16 PM. Reason : ]

3/11/2008 5:16:41 PM

i usually DVR SNL since i have to get up early

i listened to about 3 seconds and then i FF through these guys

3/11/2008 5:21:29 PM

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"If you were as smart as you think you are, you would know this."

I knew it then, and I know it now.

We talked shit about them every day, and I'm sure they did the same.

3/11/2008 5:52:57 PM

it's pretty much an endless battle, MLA versus AP. Then Chicago Style comes in, and everyone else is like STFU.

I can understand arguments on all sides, really.

3/11/2008 6:28:01 PM

I'm a fan of imposing my cadence on the reader through comma usage.

Other people aren't.

Such is life.

3/11/2008 6:44:59 PM

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"They'll be at the pitchfork music festival but you'll have to go to chicago:"

it's ok, i'll see them at bonnaroo.

although if there's a bad conflict I will likely go to the other.

[Edited on March 11, 2008 at 10:17 PM. Reason : fhds]

3/11/2008 10:17:23 PM

MORE LIKE OVERRATED GAYHYPEKEND AMIRITE

3/11/2008 10:20:59 PM

Six months ago ... VAMPIRE WEEKEND OMG L@@K!!!!

Now ... Vampire Weekend = lame and overrated

3/11/2008 10:40:54 PM

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"GAYHYPEKEND"

I've seen better out of you, spooks.

3/11/2008 10:41:58 PM

this is why I try to stay away from hype machines...

3/11/2008 10:47:27 PM

walcott is catchy shit

3/11/2008 11:17:36 PM

when SPIN declares a band to be the best new band of the year

in march

baby jesus cries

3/11/2008 11:24:24 PM

^ Ha-ha! That's worth about as much as when Rolling Stone declared The Clash's London Calling "best album of the 1980s." And nearly everybody was like "WTF?! What a joke."

3/12/2008 2:46:08 AM