Blog: The Donnybrook Writing Academy

Most Likely To: be the hand that dusts you off when you've fallen and need to pick yourself back up again. Alright, let's get the Vampire Weekend comparisons out of the way right out of the gate, because they do a marginal job at best of explaining what makes Harlem Shakes such an entertaining listen. Both bands incorporate syncopated rhythms and shimmery guitar lines plucked straight from West African tradition. If Vampire Weekend pads delicately across substance to emerge clean as whistles at the gates of style with their collars effortlessly popped, then Harlem Shakes [...]