Vampire Weekend
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31.05.2010 12:24
Orbital will release two new songs
UK electronic band revealed plans to release two new songs. Titled Don't Stop Me and The Gun Is Good, they will become available in June. Orbital are also set to perform at Glastonbury festival this year.
30.09.2008 06:03
Vampire Weekend urge to vote for Obama
Vampire Weekend will perform at a Carnegie Melon University in Pittsburgh on October 4. They are going to encourage people to vote for USA presidential candidate Barack Obama.
28.04.2008 00:00
Vampire Weekend are tired of excessive attention
Vampire Weekend’s singer and songwriter Ezra Koenig claimed he is happy that «blog chatter and media fawning around the band have begun to decline».
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Biography
American indie-rock band Vampire Weekend was formed in 2006 in New-York. The members of that group met while studying in Columbia University and soon they realized that their musical preferences were quite alike. After that the quartet began working on its own material, looking for the right and interesting sound. Vampire Weekend noted that they were influenced by African and Western classical music, and that is why the musicians described their style as Upper West Side Soweto.
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Reviews
Contra2010
The second studio effort from the young New York based formation Vampire Weekend proves that they are capable of offering much more than just an impressive debut. Already now, this band is easily seen in the multitude of other acts
Vampire Weekend2008
New York indie band Vampire Weekend loves experimenting with very different instruments. The arsenal of their arrangements includes such things as African tunes and harpsichord. However, the main quality of their music is simplicity and unobtrusivene
