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This article is about the band. For the band's self-titled album, see Vampire Weekend (album). Vampire Weekend is the debut album from New York rock band Vampire Weekend.
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend, performing in Hamburg, 02. November 2007
Vampire Weekend, performing in Hamburg,
02. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany November 2007
Background information
Origin New York, NY
Genre(s) Indie rock
Afro-pop
Baroque pop
Indie pop[1][2]
Years active 2006 - present
Label(s) XL Recordings
Website http://www.vampireweekend.com/
Members
Ezra Koenig
Rostam Batmanglij
Chris Tomson
Chris Baio

Vampire Weekend is an indie rock band from New York City, formed in 2006 and signed to XL Recordings. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene "Afropop" redirects here For the radio program see Afropop Worldwide. BAROQUE POP is a style of music developed in the mid 1960s (often compared to Sunshine Pop, which was a commercial answer to Baroque Pop i "Twee" redirects here For a definition of the word see its entry at wiktionary. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music XL Recordings is an Independent record label which was launched by Tim Palmer Nick Halkes and Richard Russell with Beggars Banquet Records in 1989 to release Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene The City of New York XL Recordings is an Independent record label which was launched by Tim Palmer Nick Halkes and Richard Russell with Beggars Banquet Records in 1989 to release

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History

Vampire Weekend came to public attention via a variety of blogs, first Canadian Matt Yanchyshyn's African and world music audioblog "Benn loxo du taccu",[3] and then six months later on Stereogum. Stereogum (Stereogumcom is a leading online outlet for indie music MP3s videos news reviews and gossip [4] The band is influenced by both African popular music and Western classical music. "Afropop" redirects here For the radio program see Afropop Worldwide. They describe their genre of music curiously as"Upper West Side Soweto", performing such songs as "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa", which references Congolese soukous music. The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River Soweto is an urban area in the City of Johannesburg, in Gauteng, South Africa. Cape Cod (or simply the Cape to most New Englanders is a Peninsula nearly coextensive with Barnstable County Massachusetts and forming the easternmost Kwassa kwassa (or kwasa kwasa) refers to a dance rhythm from Congo (DRC, where the hips move back and forth while the hands move to follow the hips &ndash that Soukous (also known as Lingala or Congo, and previously as African rumba) is a Musical genre that originated in the two neighbouring countries

The members of the band met while attending Columbia University; they then self-produced their first album after graduation while concurrently working full time jobs. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Lead vocalist, Ezra Koenig, and drummer, Chris Tomson, first collaborated as members of the comedy-rap band "L'Homme Run". [5]

The band takes its name from a film they made together with members of the band Ra Ra Riot entitled Vampire Weekend. WikipediaDeletion review/Log/2008 February 28#Ra Ra Riot --> Ra Ra Riot is an American Indie rock band from The film told the story of a boy named Walcott charged by an elder to dispatch a vampiric horde in Cape Cod and escape. Cape Cod (or simply the Cape to most New Englanders is a Peninsula nearly coextensive with Barnstable County Massachusetts and forming the easternmost The song "Walcott" from their debut album details the plot of the film. [6]

In 2007, their hit "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" was ranked 67th on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of the year as they toured the United Kingdom with The Shins. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published The Shins is an American Indie rock group comprising singer, Songwriter and Guitarist James Russell Mercer, keyboardist [7] They were declared "The Year's Best New Band" in the March 2008 issue of Spin magazine and were the first band to ever be shot for the cover of the magazine before releasing their debut CD. Spin is a Music Magazine that reports on Music for Life Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr [8]

Band members

Previous bands

The most notable previous project of the band is L'Homme Run, a rap group that Ezra Koenig formed during his time at college. The group was meant to be funny, but not actually a joke, a distinction which Ezra says ultimately doomed the project. [5]

Ezra Koenig also played saxophone in the free jazz improvisation collective Total War and avant-afro pop band The Dirty Projectors, both based in NYC. Total war is a conflict of unlimited scope in which a Belligerent engages in a total mobilization of all available resources at his disposal Dirty Projectors is the artist name of musician Dave Longstreth, a Yale graduate from the class of 2005 and Timothy Dwight residential college

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Compilation tracks

References

  1. ^ Abebe, Nitsuh. "Record Review: Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend", Pitchfork, Pitchfork Media Inc. , 2008-01-28. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted  
  2. ^ Stewart, Alison. "Vampire Weekend's African Transfusion", The Washington Post, 2008-01-29, p. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher.  C05.  
  3. ^ Yanchyshyn, Matt. "Benn loxo remixed", Benn loxo du taccu, 2006-10-18. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid  
  4. ^ "Band to Watch: Vampire Weekend", Stereogum, 2006-04-13. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople  
  5. ^ a b Greenwald, Andy. "Vampire Weekend: The Graduates", Spin, 2007-02-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor  
  6. ^ "VAMPIRE WEEKEND", Internet Vibes, 200-11-24.  
  7. ^ "The 100 best Songs of 2007", Rolling Stone, 2007-12-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the  
  8. ^ "Vampire Weekend: The Graduates", Spin, 2008-02-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor  
  9. ^ "Top 30 Independent Label Singles", BBC Radio 1.  
  10. ^ "Vampire Weekend: A Punk", αCharts. Retrieved on 2008-03-27. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates  
  11. ^ "The Official UK Top 75 Singles", Yahoo! Music UK & Ireland.  
  12. ^ "Artist Chart History: Vampire Weekend: Singles", Billboard. Retrieved on 2004-03-27. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates  

Interviews

External links

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