Vampire Weekend is "gangster as fuck" says PitchFork...and I agree.

I just watched the new Vampire Weekend music video for their single "Holiday," on Pitchfork, notorious music snob webmag. The Vampire Weekend guys over the last several months have been taking heat for being too preppy and making music that is too "highfalutin" for rock n roll. Damn them for having a vocabulary! Anyway, I think they've handled it incredibly well all things considered. Earlier this year, lead singer Ezra Keonig was quoted as saying, "critics ignore it when the Best Rapper Alive says faggot, but hulk-out when the Worst Rapper Alive says balaclava." A poignant and rational response to the attacks. Well VW has more to say to the haters out there.

Read about and watch the video for their new single "Holiday" here.

My new favourite band

The Radio Dept.

Their new album is called Clinging on a Scheme. Loved Lesser Matters nary six years ago. This new one is hi-fi and superb.

Here's a link, not mine: http://www.mediafire.com/?zmitzndymyn

Enjoy. This might get the blog shut down. I dunno.

Another link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOmnKo7IYmo

The Radio Dept.'s song featuring video of Los Strokes for no reason! Woo-hoo. They're touring this summer. WTFuckin' Awesome.