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Concert Review: Vampire Weekend, Horseshoe Tavern, Oct 8, 2009

Oct 9, 2009, 12:51pm

Apparently, I've been asleep since 2007. At least, that's the only way I can explain my completely missing the phenomenon of Vampire Weekend throughout 2008. Since I haven't exactly been pulling my weight around here I've been voted to do the write-up despite being the least qualified to do so. Once again, we missed the openers, the Postelles. From what I could tell off their MySpace page, they're pretty good and remind me of a young Strokes. Vampire Weekend, simply put, are adorable live. This is the second indie-rock-African-influenced band to come out of [...]

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