Vampire Weekend ‘Exit Music (For A Film)

I love this picture. What on earth? It’s a lovely shot though.

Vampire Weekend are bigger than a big thing if you believe everything you read which you really shouldn’t… and we should know.

New York is abuzz with them and little else apparently. Watch my back as I fly in the face of fashion, but it all sounds a bit odd, kind of out of place. But I guess that’s probably the point. They call it Upper West Side Soweto, i think it used to be called Paul Simon. But hey, if a world music version of The Arcade Fire is your thing, it is time to fill your boots.

But, and it’s a big but, they are what people like to call a “blog band” which is always good (attention caught without the $$$ of a major label marketing department and so on…) and they continue to redeem themselves in quite spectacular style by serving up a highly fashionable Radiohead cover.

Their version of ‘Exit Music (From A Film)’ is a bit special. I really like the bit where it sounds like they’ve all just fallen over. Brace yourselves.

More hear…
- Oh you know, it’s the usual MySpace page. Check out ‘Mansard Roofs’, there’s a glorious Rhodes at the beginning.
- And, the latest from the Amazon Marketplace Price Index, I’m happy to report the laws of supply and demand have kicked in and you can pick up their debut long one for a mere £4.50. Can’t argue with that really.