vampire weekend is sold out!

wow, will we see them at DC9 in a couple years?

Totally not surprised at this. But how long can they actually play? When I saw them in January at the RnR Hotel, they played every song off their debut, then one b-side and a new one. Can they really get away with 45 minutes of material at the 9:30 Club?

Another band whose appeal completely baffles me.


Ahh well.

i'm sure you secretly bought tickets this morning :) jk

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
Another band whose appeal completely baffles me.


Ahh well.

Although they don't appeal to me, their appeal to many others doesn't baffle me in the slightest.

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
Another band whose appeal completely baffles me.


Ahh well.

They sucked at the RnR hotel show.

Wow, two hours and they sell out? I was gonna get a ticket… Guess not now.

FUCKING SHIT!

I didnt even get the email this morning with the soft sales.

Ack!!!!!!!

That's because soft sale emails come on wednesday night.

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
FUCKING SHIT!

I didnt even get the email this morning with the soft sales.

Ack!!!!!!!

I should've made myself clearer earlier; it's not the fact that people like them that baffles me; it's more the ridiculous critical acclaim.


They sound like just another dime-a-dozen indie-pop band to me.

All the exposure on 90210 and at NFL stadiums has really paid off!

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
They sound like just another dime-a-dozen indie-pop band to me.

me three. they play decent, pleasant pop; not genre-revolutionizing, future-defining masterwork critics seem to laud them for.

i gave their album 3 spins and decided it wasn't worth the hard disk space.

Originally posted by Smylie:
They sucked at the RnR hotel show.

Really? I thought they played well, and the venue suited them alright. But that's just me. :p

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
That's because soft sale emails come on wednesday night.

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
FUCKING SHIT!

I didnt even get the email this morning with the soft sales.

Ack!!!!!!!

I should've made myself clearer earlier; it's not the fact that people like them that baffles me; it's more the ridiculous critical acclaim.


They sound like just another dime-a-dozen indie-pop band to me.

and whats worse is their success will spawn another dime-a-dozen imitators trying to "blend" world beats, etc into their sound.

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
That's because soft sale emails come on wednesday night.

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
FUCKING SHIT!

I didnt even get the email this morning with the soft sales.

Ack!!!!!!!

I should've made myself clearer earlier; it's not the fact that people like them that baffles me; it's more the ridiculous critical acclaim.


They sound like just another dime-a-dozen indie-pop band to me.

Either way I didnt get the email. Those shits are crazy inconsistent. It took them awhile to grow on me, I was obsessed, I heard they sucked live, but Id still go see them.

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
I should've made myself clearer earlier; it's not the fact that people like them that baffles me; it's more the ridiculous critical acclaim.


They sound like just another dime-a-dozen indie-pop band to me.

Again, I think this is just another sign of what a dismal year it's been for music…

They're fine. Fun indie pop…nothing innovative. I doubt they'll play very long. Ting Tings did a 45 minute set, and it was fine. It'll be good to have a short show on a monday night.

Originally posted by MyraEllen:

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
I should've made myself clearer earlier; it's not the fact that people like them that baffles me; it's more the ridiculous critical acclaim.


They sound like just another dime-a-dozen indie-pop band to me.

Again, I think this is just another sign of what a dismal year it's been for music…

So not true!!!!!!!


It seems that every year, the critics unanimously have to praise someone who isn't worthy of it. Last year, it was James Murphy and this year, it's this band.

Then again, you may just be trying to bait me into giving my typical response to the "this year's music sucked" comment. If that's the case, it worked. Ahh shit.

Originally posted by azaghal1981:

Originally posted by MyraEllen:

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
I should've made myself clearer earlier; it's not the fact that people like them that baffles me; it's more the ridiculous critical acclaim.


They sound like just another dime-a-dozen indie-pop band to me.

Again, I think this is just another sign of what a dismal year it's been for music…

So not true!!!!!!!


It seems that every year, the critics unanimously have to praise someone who isn't worthy of it. Last year, it was James Murphy and this year, it's this band.

Then again, you may just be trying to bait me into giving my typical response to the "this year's music sucked" comment. If that's the case, it worked. Ahh shit.

Why's it matter what critics say? Their music is enjoyable and that's that.

If it wasn't for the critics, this show wouldn't have sold out in two hours.

I probably listened to more new music so far this year than I have in any other year of my life.

Perhaps it's just me being more open-minded and thus sampling more that I'm destined to not like anyway, but I do have to agree, this year in music has been pretty dismal.

There's been nothing that will make my top 20 for this decade, so nothing "great" this year. There's been a decent amount of "good" albums this year, but less so than in years when I looked a lot less to find them. And there's been a whole lot more crap than ever this year, probably simply because I've listened to more stuff period.

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
If it wasn't for the critics, this show wouldn't have sold out in two hours.

Or, perhaps, them being on MTV for an entire week. Or their song being in Step Brothers opening credits… or the radio airplay… or being played at every store in any mall….

Probably still the critics though…