Author: Michael
Tricky
“We were walking through Leeds and it was just fucked and I said, ‘Look, these kids ain’t got fuck all.’ and he goes, (solemnly) ‘they got us’. And that was the end of my relationship with him”…. “What do you mean ‘they got us’? A pretentious comment says to me you’re not real, I can’t waste my time on you.” Tricky on Damon Albarn to Mojo magazine.
Julie Delpy
“Why do you become obsessed with people you don’t really like that much, you know what I mean?” – from the movie Before Sunset
Tracyanne Campbell
Tracyanne Campbell from the ever excellent Camera Obscura on the house the band stayed in while recording their newest album Desire Lines in Portland, Or.
“It was a bit of a spooky house, and it was a bit of spooky street. It had a lot of—we call them cupboards—I think you call them closets. Far too many. Creaky floorboards. Surprise little shafts. Quite creepsville. Like being in an episode of Scooby Doo every night when you get home. Waiting for somebody to jump around the corner.” – courtesy of Interviewmagazine.com
Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
A few weeks ago I went shopping for business casual shoes. You know, ones that you can wear to work on casual Fridays with jeans? After checking out numerous stores at the mall I soon discovered that those shoes don’t exist anymore, they’ve all been replaced by boat shoes. Even if my anger at this is misguided, I pin most of the blame squarely on Vampire Weekend. The Paul Simon Graceland indebted band burst out of New York in early 2008 with their self-titled debut and while song titles such as “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” made them an easy target of cynical music critics, it was hard to ignore the hooks that drew in many fans. VW deftly sidestepped the sophomore jinx with the even better Contra featuring the undeniable single “Giving Up the Gun”.
A little over five years after their debut, Vampire Weekend is back with Modern Vampires of the City. Leaving behind some of the more worldly aspects of their sound, VW instead goes for a bit more atmosphere on tracks such as “Ya Hey” and “Hudson”. Thankfully they retained their pop smarts which are expertly shown in the string of songs “Unbelievers”, “Step”, and contender for track of the year “Diane Young”. This may be best run of songs on any indie rock album released in recent memory. Somewhere music critic Jim DeRogatis is cringing at the thought but in Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend has released one of the best albums of the year.
8.5/10
Review also found at UMFM.com
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