Upper West Side Soweto

The song’s melodic keyboard, steady drum beat and Koenig’s Paul Simon-esque vocals emitted a distinct early 80s vibe and the crowd, mostly unfamiliar with ...  

Photos by Ahmed Klink Two-thousand eight has in some ways been the year of the weekend-- the Vampire Weekend, that is. Last night, however, found the breakout band giving back, taking the stage at NYC's Roseland Ballroom for the "Focus for Change" benefit for human rights advocates WITNESS. And...  

Li packed her hour-long set with memorable moments including a cover of Vampire Weekend's 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa' and a rousing rendition of 'Complaint ...  

Describing their sound as "Upper West Side Soweto," New York City's Vampire Weekend mixes preppy, well-read indie rock with joyful, Afro-pop-inspired melodies and rhythms.  

The most obvious reference point is Paul Simon's Graceland but the eclectic pop of Peter Gabriel is also prominent. Ironically, Vampire Weekend are capable ...  

... "Upper West Side Soweto", to use their own description – has struck with audiences. In Vampire Weekend's hands, preppy is enjoying a new lease of life. ...  

It would be tricky for any young artist to live up to the intense hype that's been following Vampire Weekend since a writer at Stereogum turned the blogosphere on to the band's earliest signs of intelligent life, Oxford Comma and Cape Cod Kwassa ...  

With instrumentals reminiscent of an early-90s Paul Simon, an extended show would certainly be a welcome change. For now, however, the thoughts of a ...  

Call it the Vampire Weekend Effect. Now, I’m not sure this is an entirely terrible tendency: any mass of critical hype tends to snowball into an excess of ...  

BY BEN SELLERS As rock critics in the blogosphere begin compiling their 2008 "best of" lists, Vampire Weekend will surely be at the forefront of their minds ...  

By Lucy Barber As Vampire Weekend narrowly approaches "Chocolate Rain" in the race for the internet's biggest and brightest contribution to the music ...  

Release Date: Jan 29, 2008 Label: XL Genres: Indie Rock Number Of Tracks: 11 Fully realized debut albums like Vampire Weekend come along once in a great while, and these songs show that this band is smart, but ...  

Finding words to describe Vampire Weekend seems futile, since they’ve become the A-list blog stars of 2008. But in case your Internet has been disconnected ...  

Since then, Vampire Weekend has taken its blend of ska, indie rock and African music (a style the band calls Upper West Side Soweto) to the masses. ...  

... that got gaggles of girls flooding theaters -- there was a band of Columbia University classmates that chose an atypical name: Vampire Weekend. ...