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Article: CD REVIEW: 'Vampire Weekend' not original, still good
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- February 11, 2008
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Andrew Winistorfer
University Wire
02-11-2008
(Advance-Titan) (UWIRE) OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Let's assume, for the sake of this review, that you read Spin, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and other music magazines semi-regularly. Let's also assume that you've heard of a band all of those magazines have spent the last six months hyping to no end, New York's Vampire Weekend.
You've probably heard some critical talking points about the band, which I'm contractually obligated to mention here. You've heard that the four chaps of the band are straight Ivy-League (all four graduated from Columbia), they formed in early 2006, they released a demo on the Internet last summer and got a record contract because of ...