New live review: Vampire Weekend @ Bowery Ballroom
January 23, 2010 Leave a comment
Review and photos of Vampire Weekend’s Jan. 19 show at Bowery Ballroom on Billboard.com
I’ll be the first to admit that I was a little late listening to Vampire Weekend, and my first thought was that I had heard all the songs before. They definitely have grown on me since then, but I’m still not totally obsessed. Their new record, Contra (XL), also grew on me after a few listens, even though I still can’t stand the AutoTune used on a couple songs. But oh well, it’s fun music, it’s not that deep, and I do like it. And the show was fun, despite being surrounded by teenagers…eeeesh.
Setlist:
“White Sky”
“Holiday”
“Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”
“I Stand Corrected”
“M79″
“California English”
“Cousins”
“Taxi Cab”
“Run”
“A-Punk”
“One”
“Diplomat’s Son”
“Giving Up The Gun”
“Campus”
“Oxford Comma”
Encore:
“Horchata”
“Mansard Roof”
“Walcott”
