FYI San Francisco, New York’s favorite afro-pop/indie-rock revivalists Vampire Weekend are playing 2 shows here (at The Independent & Rickshaw Stop) in March and tickets are on sale this weekend… Get some!
N.B. They are also playing this Thursday at Popscene/330 Ritch, but there are no advance tickets for this show so interested parties are advised to get there early and wait out in the cold and rain the same way this blog’s author did when he wanted to see Arctic Monkeys at this venue several years ago. Having thus redeemed his bad decision to pass up seeing Franz Ferdinand at the Empty Bottle in 2004, he is no longer as strongly motivated to endure such discomforts in the name of “liking bands better before they sell out.” (And besides, if he was so concerned about that, then wouldn’t he have seen Vampire Weekend when they played The Independent in December and before their album was AVAILABLE AT TARGET® FOR $8.99?) All of which is not to say that he’d turn down free tickets or anything, but at this point pretty much the only bands he would willingly line up for are Prince, The Wrens or The Flaming Lips.
But seriously though… these guys are great! Just check out these sweet MP3s if you don’t believe it:
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Vampire Weekend - One
Yeah Vampire is pretty sweet - good tracks!