Better Than Noodling

My latest column for Hidden Track is now up for your perusal so click on over - Better Than Noodling: Vampire Weeeknd.

I Love Tuesdays

Here are the purchases for the week....

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

Arthur & Yu - In Camera

I Love Tuesdays..Top Ten

I've been waiting to figure out when to drop my Ten 10 list of '07 (like the blog-o-sphere really need another one of these) and well today seemed as good a time as any. So here we go, with links to videos too....

#10 - Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend EP / Mansard Rood (Single)

"Mansard Roof" (Music Video)

#9 - Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday

"All Night Without Love" (Music Video)

#8 - New Pornographers - Challengers

"Challengers" (Music Video)

#7 - Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

Back To Black (Music Video)

#6 - Bright Eyes - Cassadaga

"Four Winds" (Music Video)

#5 - Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin

"Is There A Ghost" (Music Video)

#4 - The Felice Brothers - The Adventures Of The Felice Brothers, Vol. 1

"Frankie's Gun" (Live Performance)

#3 - Okkervil River - The Stage Names

"Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe" (Music Video)

#2 - Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

"What Light" (Music Video)

#1 - Dr. Dog - We All Belong

"The Girl" (Music Video)

Music Video Mondays - Part Deux

I was going to wait for next week to get this one up, but since I just picked up tickets to their gig at the Bowery figured why not. Here's Vampire Weekend with their debut music video "Mansard Roof"....



Really dig the vintage 16 millimeter film look of it, but it's probably not going to help with the tag of prep-rock that's been saddled on them though.

Vampire Weekend Album Details

I've been trying to work in a post about Vampire Weekend for awhile now - especially after catching them at Other Music during CMJ. Well I've finally got some news to post about the much buzzed and blogged about band as details of their XL debut have been revealed. The self-titled album will hit streets on January 29th with the following track-listing (those familiar with the band will recognize a number of them).....

Mansard Roof
Oxford Comma
A-Punk
Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
M79
Campus
Bryn
One (Blake's Got a New Face)
I Stand Corrected
Walcott
The Kids Don't Stand a Chance

Ok so odds are you haven't heard these guys yet, so give a listen to the infectious Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa and I know you'll be hooked.

For more music head over to their MySpace page.