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Vampire Weekend Roundup

Vampire WeekendColumbia's current favorite sons, Vampire Weekend, seem to be doing pretty well for themselves lately. With their full-length album coming out in three days and two sold-out shows at Bowery Ballroom kicking off a national tour next week. "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" was Rolling Stone's 67th best song of the year, and a snarky Pitchfork review can't be more than two weeks in coming, considering the backlash that we've seen -- without an album even having been released!

On the local front, Columbian Jared Hecht passed along his interview with the group, over at Jambands. The phrase "Upper West Side Soweto" appears more than once.

(If you still haven't heard VW, there are some pretty good free samples on Daytrotter.)


Posted by Also: #1 · reply · track
January 25, 2008 at 3:52 PM (from campus)
There are a couple of videos featured on La Blogotheque's Les Concerts a Emporter page right now.
Posted by Mike Nadler, CC 07: #2 · reply · track
January 25, 2008 at 4:05 PM
Jared Hecht has shitty taste in music.
Posted by And: #3 · reply · track
January 25, 2008 at 4:21 PM (from campus)
they're playing Coachella! Too bad the overall lineup isn't great enough to persuade me to go back again this year.
Posted by Anonymous: #4 · reply · track
January 25, 2008 at 5:03 PM (from campus)
Are you their PR bitches or something bwog? I don't really care that someone who once knew someone who may have had a cousin who slept with a dude who went to Columbia has a band, and I speak for everyone who doesn't know these people personally.
Posted by wow: #5 (in reply to #4) · reply · track
January 25, 2008 at 5:09 PM
get your ass in the loop. these guys were all CC'07. it's a campus band that's gone far in under a year.
Posted by oops: #6 (in reply to #5) · reply · track
January 25, 2008 at 5:13 PM
well not all CC'07, but they all graduated from columbia within the last 7 years
Posted by I mean: #7 (in reply to #4) · reply · track
January 25, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Two years ago they were playing ADP coffeebhaus for free, now they're playing sell out shows at bowry ballroom and opening for the Shins? I think they were all 06 or 07...I'd say its relevant and interesting news.
Posted by ...: #8 · reply · track
January 25, 2008 at 5:49 PM (from campus)
coachella fucking sucks this year...
Posted by '11: #9 · reply · track
January 25, 2008 at 7:19 PM (from campus)
Why no mention of the fact that they were filming a music video on campus (even in John Jay dining hall!!) over winter break?
Posted by GH: #10 · reply · track
January 25, 2008 at 8:09 PM
GQ had an article about them as well. Go Ezra & co.!
Posted by their vocals: #11 · reply · track
January 27, 2008 at 2:49 PM (from campus)
need more tech support or something.
Posted by right now: #12 (in reply to #9) · reply · track
January 27, 2008 at 4:19 PM (from campus)
they are filming in ADP
Posted by pitchfork's blessing: #13 · reply · track
January 29, 2008 at 7:13 PM (from campus)
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