Vampire Weekend
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APFrom left, Chris Baio, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Tomson and Ezra Koenig of the band Vampire Weekend
DOUG JOHNSON: Vampire Weekend writes smart songs that combine rock music with African-influenced rhythms. The band is well-educated, well-dressed and well-spoken. Its second album “Contra” has become a huge success. Critics say the new songs take interesting risks and show a whole other side of the band.
Shirley Griffith tells us more.
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SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: That was the energetic song “Run.” It expresses a desire to escape everyday life. The four members of Vampire Weekend met while attending college at Columbia University in New York City.
They first began playing as a band in two thousand six. They named their group “Vampire Weekend” after a film lead singer Ezra Koenig made while in school. Here is the song “Diplomat’s Son.”
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The name for Vampire Weekend’s new album was partly influenced by a video game that was popular in the late nineteen eighties. Ezra Koenig says that to his generation “Contra” means one thing. But to his parent’s generation the word is a reminder of the counter-revolutionary movement in Nicaragua. Mister Koenig said the group chose the name because its meaning suggests opposition and contrasts. We leave you with the playful sound of “White Sky.”
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