Vampire Weekend

The preppy indie rock band hailing from New York quickly became one of 2007's most buzzed-about new bands. The foursome is a great mix of personalities from the "ex" Columbia University students with a cool new (well not new, but definitely cool) sound that combines Ska, New Wave and a twist of today's pop and bit of reggae. Indie music just keeps growing and growing and this group called Vampire Weekend is here to prove just that.

For most of the album, Vampire Weekend tries to keep things somewhat ordinary and a bit simple, but after some of the music that has been surfacing, it is quite refreshing. The name threw me off at first, I actually thought it would be some kind of dark, creepy Gothic band or one of those new "Emo" bands but I was proven wrong after listening to them. I think the reason I like them so much is their easily listenable melody and great lyrics about...Luuuuuv, I love luuuuv lyrics! OK, so I am kidding, their songs are more about luuuuv on the college campus, but hey, they tried. The melodic groove and bluesy roots vibe is phenomenal if you ask me, same feeling I get when I listen to Ziggy, no what i mean mon?

I must admit, my husband was the first to school and educate me on this new quartet of sorts...I'm still trying to figure out how he knows of all these underground, above ground and indie bands that stream the Internet, apparently he spending way too much time on the "Information Highway"! Anyway, he told me about this..."great new band" so I thought i would check it out for myself, maybe then he would subscribe to my site :)

The guys were pretty cool, but what do us 40-somethings know about good music anyway...take a listen for yourself here. LISTEN NOW