Post Tagged with: "Cousins"
Top 10 of 2010 – No. 9
For Vampire Weekend, fewer songs about punctuation allowed for further experimentation as well as some straight-up indie rockers. Their graduation from the college campus makes the notion of ‘second album syndrome’ seem quite ridiculous.
Duck & Cover No.7
On Monday WTGR favourites Mumford & Sons stopped by BBC Radio 1 to play both their new single The Cave and a rather brilliant version of Vampire Weekend’s Cousins for the ever wonderful Sara Cox. Sticking to form, it starts off rather slowly before kicking into overdrive upon the age-old command of an enthusiastic “1,2,3,4!!”. [...]
Album Review – Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend – Contra On paper it just shouldn’t work. Four graduates from Columbia University record a lo-fi indie record that is heavily influenced by both the rhythms and sounds of African music and the fuzzy rawness of The Strokes. However, upon the release of 2008’s self-titled debut it quickly became apparent that it not [...]
Vampire Weekend – Cousins
It’s been doing the rounds for a few weeks now but incase you missed it, here is the new single from Ezra Koenig et al – Vampire Weekend. Entitled Cousins, it’s a short, sharp, panic attack of a song not too far removed from anything heard on thier eponymous ’08 debut. Compared to Horchata – [...]
