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July 14, 2010
About a month ago we mentioned that Converse was bringing rapper Kid Cudi, Bethany Cosentino (lead singer of Best Coast), and Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij together for another entry in their “Three Artists, One Song” campaign (previously responsible for “My Drive-Thru”). Since then, the single, called “All Summer”, was released as a free download on the Converse site. We now have a nice little video to accompany it:              June 23, 2010
Converse’s “Three Artists, One Song” campaign (previously responsible for “My Drive-Thru”, which featured Santigold, Julian Casablancas, and Pharrell) is set to release a new single, this time with rapper Kid Cudi, Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast, and Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend. The as-yet unnamed track will be released as a free download in July, with a music video to follow. Definitely excited for this! January 12, 2010
January 11, 2010
Amazon is selling Contra a day early and for only $3.99. If you are not a thief and therefore do not steal your music, that is fairly good deal! Remember, Rostam Batmanglij is the best, so we should support. Update: You can also stream the B-side “Giant” here. The opening definitely sounds like a default ringtone. Glad it didn’t make it to the album in this version as this song used to be amazing when they played it live. January 6, 2010
As we have said before, we are very aware this is starting to look a lot like VampireOctopus.com. We’ll lay we promise! Anyways, Contra is out next week, but here’s a full stream for you while your waiting and here’s our review of the album. Although I must admit, the album has grown on me considerably since that was written. January 5, 2010
Despite some minor production misjudgments in the recent past, Rostam Batmanglij is still the best. I’m so excited for him, receiving this very prestigious title that I just gave him and all! Now some explanation as to why we’ve turned into VampireWeekendOctopus.com recently and more importantly why Rostam is so great… Continue reading… January 5, 2010
So I’ve been listening to the highly anticipated, both by myself and the army of blogs and what not, sophomore effort by Vampire Weekend, Contra, and I am getting pretty upset! This album, for the most part, sounds like a soulless default ringtone! And default ringtones are lame! Every single song, except for “Cousins” which is actually great, seems to have a fairly good base, but is completely ruined on the production side. Songs such as “Diplomat’s Son” sound like they were made in FruityLoops or Garageband by the kid you thought was so musically inspired in middle school but then later realized anyone can make random bass and drum noises sound “meh.” Continue reading… |
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