I know, I know. Vampire Weekend, so last week right? But hey, my review for the LA Weekly was filed nearly three weeks ago and besides, I already wrote about them in July. I liked them then, I like them now. Yes, their eponymous debut LP that dropped on XL last week is a good record. Yes, the band are a little annoying and I fully understand the venom unleashed last week by Julianne Shepherd in the Village Voice. Trust, the album triggered my “hater instinct” (located in the hippocampus, I believe) more than a few times. Needless to say anyone who ironically drops the lyric, ‘Lil Jon is always right’ or rhymes “Louis Vuitton with reggaeton,” deserves to be drop-kicked.Yes, this includes Kanye. The review explains more. If you read it, I will buy you a cookie.
LA Weekly: Vampire Weekend Review (Scroll Down)
MP3:Vampire Weekend-”Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”
MP3: Vampire Weekend-”I Stand Corrected”
11 comments
douglas martin says:
February 8, 2008 at 4:45 am (UTC -7)
you should get an award for “best use of the world ‘lamping’ in an indie-rock review.”
caz4mack says:
February 8, 2008 at 8:29 am (UTC -7)
Hey my name is macklin
I just wanted to ask you something
I know i feel that the music is a little Like Paul simon’s “Gaceland”
I was wondering if you had that same opinion or if you could at least see the similarities also thats what i think is their downfall because they just can’t be that good
Deen says:
February 8, 2008 at 9:39 am (UTC -7)
Cookie please.
Cashew says:
February 8, 2008 at 5:53 pm (UTC -7)
I prefer my cookie spiked.
Disco Vietnam says:
February 10, 2008 at 11:42 am (UTC -7)
They’re a rich band
They don’t try to hide it
Diamonds on the souls of their shoes
Indie critics are generally poor boys
Empty as a pocket
Empty as a pocket
With nothing to lose
Ass Hat says:
February 11, 2008 at 9:19 am (UTC -7)
interesting that you made a bret easton ellis reference in the review. the hater in me wants to liken them to the trust-funded ivy-league williamsburg indie band satirised in ‘glamorama’.
i’m seeing this bunch in oxford. maybe there’ll be some onstage banter about oxford shoes and oxford commas. i sure hope so!
cookie please.
dudeasincool says:
February 11, 2008 at 2:58 pm (UTC -7)
I agree Macklin about the Paul Simon influence.
Hey, POW, I like chocolate chip cookies–save me one.
Newms says:
February 14, 2008 at 8:29 pm (UTC -7)
It sounds like the Voice reviewer is bringing her own hangups to the table, dunnit?
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