Article: Vampire Weekend makes Afro-prep work

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What does the Ivy League sound like these days anyway?

No longer monopolized by a cappella, barbershop quartets and glee clubs, Columbia University can proudly boast producing Vampire Weekend, the latest darling of the indie blog and stage.

The four members of Vampire Weekend met at Columbia and started playing together as a band there in 2006. And this is not just a mere take-it-or-leave-it biographical fact, according to most of the press on the band. Short of calling the four fellows snobs, the New York Times ends its profile on the band with the lead singer Ezra Koenig reminding the other three to meet up at the high-end Lacoste store the next day....

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