The New Yorker called Vampire Weekend "Rudyard Kipling as a rock band," iirc. I don't think this is quite accurate - I think Kipling's more of a George Harrison/Cat Stevens/Bruce Springsteen combo - but there's definitely some influence there.
― Lily Dale, Thursday, 21 November 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link
cousins is my choice, btw. these guys can really thrash when they want to.
― jacquees, full of cobras (voodoo chili), Thursday, 21 November 2019 20:52 (four years ago) link
you wanted good schools and friends with poolsyou’re not a contrayou wanted rock and roll, complete controlwell, i don’t know
never pick sidesnever choose between twowell i just wanted youi just wanted you
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 November 2019 20:52 (four years ago) link
goddamn Ezra was cute during this era
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 November 2019 20:52 (four years ago) link
ive come around to the opinion that this is the best vw album, hearing songs like white sky, california english, and diplomat's son turn into powerhouses with their current live lineup was pretty fantastic.
― jacquees, full of cobras (voodoo chili), Thursday, November 21, 2019 3:31 PM
otm
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 21 November 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
can I just
http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Glastonbury+Music+Festival+40th+Anniversary+PcOuwWRyBFSx.jpg
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 November 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
id bang him
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 21 November 2019 20:54 (four years ago) link
eh
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Thursday, 21 November 2019 20:56 (four years ago) link
This is definitely my favorite vw album.
― Lily Dale, Thursday, 21 November 2019 20:56 (four years ago) link
absolutely their best
― ufo, Thursday, 21 November 2019 20:58 (four years ago) link
Yup
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 21 November 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
that night i smoked a joint with my best friendwe found ourselves in bed, when i woke up, he was gone
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:20 (four years ago) link
I initially misread this as 'Controp poll'.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
tw // sexual assault, rapean incredible piece from tavi. i was particularly struck by this passage. i was on vw tumblr when ezra and tavi were dating and so many of us brushed it over/ignored it because it made ezra *look* bad, never considering what tavi was going through pic.twitter.com/Qh7Ou3hgU7— iana murray (@ianamurray) February 24, 2021
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 7 March 2021 18:52 (three years ago) link
nobody? the lack of traction this is getting is mystifying to me
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 8 March 2021 21:44 (three years ago) link
It's discussed here: Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Monday, 8 March 2021 21:47 (three years ago) link
ahhhh thanks
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 8 March 2021 21:48 (three years ago) link
is p4k going to address this ever
― die britain die (Left), Monday, 8 March 2021 22:24 (three years ago) link
talked about on tavi g thread last week
― flopson, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 06:10 (three years ago) link
Not defending Ezra in the least here, but what exactly can p4k report on? Afaik she hasn’t mentioned him by name or specifically accused him of anything, so it seems pretty risky for any publication to run with it until there is more info, no? Obviously we can put two and two together, but it wasn’t until ERW specifically named Marilyn Manson that that whole thing spread like wildfire in the press, even though everyone knew who she was referring to years ago.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 06:19 (three years ago) link
Get'em guys!
― JackMyFruit, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 06:58 (three years ago) link
in Manson's case there was a lot that he could have been called on years ago without naming anyone else. instead his own PR/gloating was repeated and passed off as criticism/controversy. in a more p4k relevant example the same goes for ariel pink. in this case there was enough to question if there had been a habit of questioning such things even at the expense of access. of course that's probably bad capitalism. as for what they can do now, there's nothing they can do (including nothing) which wouldn't make them look complicit, which they are
― nothing (Left), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 08:12 (three years ago) link