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First Listen: Vampire Weekend’s “Horchata”
Those of you who frequent this site are well aware of my love for Vampire Weekend. The quartet of Columbia grads, led by singer Ezra Koenig, released an awesome debut album in 2008, mixing pop and rock with a world music flavor. Their follow-up, “Contra” is due at the top of 2010, and the first single is called “Horchata”.
So…what the hell is “Horchata”? Well, according to Wikipedia, it’s a drink popularized in Latin American countries. […]
New Releases of the Week 10/13/09
This week’s major new releases run the gamut from pop-punk to sexy R&B. Here are the highlights:
Bowling for Soup “Sorry for Partyin'”: These guys originally turned heads when they were nominated for a Grammy some years back. Since then, they’ve scored minor hits with “1985” and “Almost” and been relatively successful despite the fact that they’re essentially the love child of blink-182 and “Weird Al” Yankovic. All you need to know about these guys to […]
First Listen: Michael Jackson’s “This is It”
Special thanks to GG for getting to this song before me.
So here you go folks…the theme song to the upcoming Michael Jackson documentary, featuring background vocals by his brothers.
What do you think?