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Article: The People vs. Vampire Weekend

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January 21, 2009
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HOW A BAND SO POLITE AND SO RAPTUROUS INSPIRED THAT MUCH HATRED

DISCUSSED

VAMPIRE WEEKEND

Vampire Weekend, #2 album

In an enervated year for music, when pop was rightfully eclipsed by Far More Important Matters, Vampire Weekend were as close as our little community got to a polarizing controversy. Why, this very newspaper felt obliged to run two opposed reviews of the New York City quartet's self-titled debut upon its January release: Mike Powell's tempered praise facing off against Julianne Shepherd's a priori indignation.

Variations on these memes rippled across the criticscape all year long. Yet even the accolades were oddly defensive, hedged with disclaimers. British music mag FACT, for ...

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