Long story short: After graduating from Columbia, the men of Vampire Weekend began cobbling together their debut, a giddy indie pop album with an African backbeat. They dubbed their style "Upper West Side Soweto" (because they're clever like that -- and because they couldn't let poor Paul Simon have... -
Vampire Weekend's African Transfusion
Long story short: After graduating from Columbia, the men of Vampire Weekend began cobbling together their debut, a giddy indie pop album with an African backbeat. They dubbed their style "Upper West Side Soweto" (because they're clever like that -- and because they couldn't let poor Paul Simon have...-
By Alison Stewart