Comments on: The Great Debate: Vampire Weekend http://stereokill.net/2009/03/the-great-debate-vampire-weekend/ life without a pause Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:42:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tim http://stereokill.net/2009/03/the-great-debate-vampire-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-1922 tim Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:24:55 +0000 http://www.stereokill.net/?p=1112#comment-1922 Not only does Vampire Weekend's Contra weeve through a myriad of genres it does so with a more than just a hint of confidence. The album is constructed as if it were daringly precise or just done by some refined musicians. At any rate it mirrors form with style; reminding me of Can, Devotchka, and even Paul Simon's Graceland, which if african derived. At any rate it is like nothing I know to date. Good work guys. Not only does Vampire Weekend’s Contra weeve through a myriad of genres it does so with a more than just a hint of confidence. The album is constructed as if it were daringly precise or just done by some refined musicians. At any rate it mirrors form with style; reminding me of Can, Devotchka, and even Paul Simon’s Graceland, which if african derived. At any rate it is like nothing I know to date. Good work guys.

]]> By: PG http://stereokill.net/2009/03/the-great-debate-vampire-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-1412 PG Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:51:48 +0000 http://www.stereokill.net/?p=1112#comment-1412 Check your definition of 'indie'. They self produced their first album and it got them a ton of recognition. That means the music is the real deal. Check your definition of ‘indie’. They self produced their first album and it got them a ton of recognition. That means the music is the real deal.

]]> By: Craig http://stereokill.net/2009/03/the-great-debate-vampire-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Craig Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:01:14 +0000 http://www.stereokill.net/?p=1112#comment-71 Unfortunately Vampire Weekend have had the misfortune of fortune in the way that media and desperate onlookers have grasped at the identity that is associated with VW, to somehow qualify their desperate attempts at attaching themselves to an indie 'scene'. It got to the stage that if you didn't really know who they were others would think you have no clue what good music was. I don't think (the importance of 'I think' so may not be every-ones opinion') VW don't pander to the audience of leeches but have achieved an up beat solid album which granted will not be remembered in the canon of great works (but when Oasis are regular attendee's to such western patriarchal debockals, is that such a bad thing?) but in my mind an interesting, somewhat accidentally, original style. At some point VW would have been a small band with a small group of 'real' fans, but by some managerial magic where tossed into the greater public and as always with the 'tipping point' comes a question of whether the success and admiration is justified. The answer is probably, to some anyway. I really liked them the first time I heard 'Walcott', but the album didn't hold enough goodies for me to listen to it over and over again. Not everyone is going to like them, granted. But I can think of worse bands that are thrown at us as from all angles as if Jesus had come back and somehow we missed the message. So I'm a thumbs partially up... Unfortunately Vampire Weekend have had the misfortune of fortune in the way that media and desperate onlookers have grasped at the identity that is associated with VW, to somehow qualify their desperate attempts at attaching themselves to an indie ’scene’. It got to the stage that if you didn’t really know who they were others would think you have no clue what good music was.

I don’t think (the importance of ‘I think’ so may not be every-ones opinion’) VW don’t pander to the audience of leeches but have achieved an up beat solid album which granted will not be remembered in the canon of great works (but when Oasis are regular attendee’s to such western patriarchal debockals, is that such a bad thing?) but in my mind an interesting, somewhat accidentally, original style.

At some point VW would have been a small band with a small group of ‘real’ fans, but by some managerial magic where tossed into the greater public and as always with the ‘tipping point’ comes a question of whether the success and admiration is justified.

The answer is probably, to some anyway. I really liked them the first time I heard ‘Walcott’, but the album didn’t hold enough goodies for me to listen to it over and over again.

Not everyone is going to like them, granted. But I can think of worse bands that are thrown at us as from all angles as if Jesus had come back and somehow we missed the message.

So I’m a thumbs partially up…

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