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Listen Up: From Oxford Commas to Balaclavas, Growing up with Vampire Weekend

By Rachael Maddux at 8:00 AM on January 25, 2010

In the summer of 2007, we were babies together, me and Vampire Weekend... read more

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Vampire Weekend Track Pack Available for Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero

By Anna Swindle at 4:30 PM on January 19, 2010

Love that new Vampire Weekend album? Of course you do. Well, good news! Now there’s a chance for you to rock out in a whole new way. Two tunes from recently released Contra (“Cousins” and “Holiday”) plus a third from 2008’s Vampire Weekend (“The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance”) are now available as a three-song combo for both Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero.... read more

Found in: Games, News

Eight Great Moments on Vampire Weekend's New Album, Contra

By Nick Marino at 7:00 AM on January 12, 2010

The new Vampire Weekend album is out today!... read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

Vampire Weekend: Contra

By Jason Killingsworth at 8:30 AM on January 11, 2010

Brainy indie upstarts prove masterful debut was no fluke Vampire Weekend’s debut cartwheeled gleefully from one infectious musical idea to the next, seducing listeners with a syrupy-sweet cocktail of Afro-pop, squeaky-clean ’60s surf rock and harpsichord passages that nodded at Mark Mothersbaugh’s playful compositions on Wes Anderson soundtracks. It was hard to listen to that first batch of tunes without sensing vast stores of glittering pop left to mine in the endlessly forking creative arteries beneath the band’s goofy, cardigan-wrapped exterior.... read more

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The Booky Man: A night with Phillips, Tower, Wray…and a few vampires

By Charles McNair at 8:00 AM on January 7, 2010

I had many questions in 2009, last year of the “OOps” decade. One of my most-asked: Will it ever end?... read more

Found in: Books, Columns

The Artful Dodgers: Santigold & Vampire Weekend

By Nick Marino at 2:00 PM on January 5, 2010

He's a boy and she's a girl. He's white, she's black. Tall, petite. Cerebral, bubbly. Hey, we could do this all day! read more

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Listen to Vampire Weekend's New Album Contra in Full on MySpace

By Gage Henry at 4:33 PM on January 4, 2010

Vampire Weekend couldn’t be any more in the Paste spotlight these days, frontman Ezra Koenig taking up half the cover of our latest December/January issue while his band is on the cusp of releasing one of this month’s most anticipated albums. Contra, due out Jan. 12, is a scale balancing “melodic intuition” with a new “emotional vulnerability,” according to our very own Jason Killingsworth.... read more

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Ten New Releases to Look Forward to in January 2010

By Paste Staff at 7:00 AM on January 2, 2010

As you struggle to keep those resolutions and catch up on 2009 releases, it's important to remember that the new year means new music... read more

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Knoxville's Big Ears Fest to Feature Vampire Weekend, St. Vincent, Joanna Newsom, Many More

By Gage Henry at 10:40 AM on December 14, 2009

Knoxville, Tenn.’s Big Ears Festival should be much bigger than its inaugural event last year, continuing to highlight the best in music, visual art and film with a weekend of concerts, exhibitions, screenings, lectures and workshops. The event, which will go down March 26-28, has expanded to host over 30 artists and bands that are expected to perform about 50 concerts in eight different venues. Tickets went on sale late last week via the festival’s website, BigEarsFestival.com.... read more

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