{"id":429,"date":"2009-06-25T22:26:07","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T22:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=429"},"modified":"2009-06-25T22:26:07","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T22:26:07","slug":"vampire-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/vampire-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"vampire weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20115715c2efe970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sara music\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20115715c2efe970b \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20115715c2efe970b-800wi\" title=\"Sara music\" \/><\/a> <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20115715c33e9970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vampire weekend\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20115715c33e9970b \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20115715c33e9970b-800wi\" title=\"Vampire weekend\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Mansard Roof by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vampireweekend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vampire Weekend<\/a> has been in Sara&#39;s top playlist lately.&#0160; It is really feel good music<br \/>\nand unlike anything I&#39;ve heard before.&#0160; They are managed by the same<br \/>\nguy as the <span class=\"yshortcuts\" id=\"lw_1246024257_2\" style=\"background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;\">White Stripes<\/span><br \/>\nand I think they have a similar edginess and unique flair.&#0160; I often<br \/>\ncan&#39;t pick out what instrument they are using!&#0160; What I thought was a<br \/>\nsteel drum is actually an <span class=\"yshortcuts\" id=\"lw_1246024257_3\">electric guitar<\/span>.&#0160; Take a listen and you&#39;ll be hooked.<\/p>\n<p>\n<object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JlgNFwoApec&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JlgNFwoApec&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" \/><\/object>\n<\/p>\n<p>A review reads, &quot;The band has spent the<br \/>\nlast year and a half perfecting the<br \/>\nculture collision of indie-, chamber-, and Afro-pop they call &quot;Upper<br \/>\nWest Side Soweto&quot; by making that unique hybrid of sounds feel<br \/>\ncompletely effortless. So, <em>Vampire Weekend<\/em> ends up being a more<br \/>\nor less official validation of the long-building buzz around the band,<br \/>\nserved up in packaging that uses the Futura typeface almost as<br \/>\nstylishly as<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/span> Wes Anderson.&#0160; At times, the album sounds like someone trying to turn a Wes Anderson<br \/>\nmovie back into music (it&#39;s no surprise that the band&#39;s keyboardist<br \/>\nalso writes film scores); there&#39;s a similarly precious yet adventurous<br \/>\nfeel here, as well as a kindred eye and ear for detail. Everything is<br \/>\nconcise, concentrated, distilled, vivid; Vampire Weekend&#39;s world is<br \/>\nextremely specific and meticulously crafted, and <em>Vampire Weekend<\/em><br \/>\noften feels like a concept album about preppy guys who grew up with<br \/>\nclassical music and recently got really into world music. Amazingly,<br \/>\ninstead of being alienating, the band&#39;s quirks are utterly winning.&quot; by Heather Phares<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"description\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339900;\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339900;\">Like discovering interesting tunes to listen to?&#0160; Simply <\/span><span style=\"color: #333366;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2007\/05\/get_catching_fi.html\"><span style=\"color: #339900;\">subscribe to this blog<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #339900;\"> and we&#39;ll email you our latest and greatest music find<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/vampire-weekend\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/vampire-weekend\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mansard Roof by Vampire Weekend has been in Sara&#39;s top playlist lately.&#0160; It is really feel good music and unlike anything I&#39;ve heard before.&#0160; They are managed by the same guy as the White Stripes and I think they have a similar edginess and unique flair.&#0160; I often can&#39;t pick out what instrument they are using!&#0160; What I thought was a steel drum is actually an electric guitar.&#0160; Take a listen and you&#39;ll be hooked. 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