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Music Rec & Blog Link
Feb. 1st, 2008 11:25 pmI'm probably the last one out there to "discover" this band, but I must recommend them anyway, just in case. Vampire Weekend (their debut album is self-titled) is so fantastic that I'm out of original adjectives to describe them.
Wikipedia description because I'm too lazy to write one myself:
Vampire Weekend is an indie rock band from New York City signed to XL Recordings. They 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. This song was #67 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.
Plus, how can you not love a band with a song called "Oxford Comma"?
Also, I posted a quick entry about quotable moments on my teaching blog yesterday here.
Wikipedia description because I'm too lazy to write one myself:
Vampire Weekend is an indie rock band from New York City signed to XL Recordings. They 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. This song was #67 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.
Plus, how can you not love a band with a song called "Oxford Comma"?
Also, I posted a quick entry about quotable moments on my teaching blog yesterday here.
