vampire weekend - shit

I knew it, I've been waiting forever to give them a proper chance, how could I have missed them? Well you're right I didn't. So they put out a 7" and now I have an excuse to go listen. This is nothing special, it's kind of ska, the vocals are too high and annoying. Am I hating it because of some kind of backlash. Oh no, I tried to cut it some slack in fact.
Why am I even trying?
No one needs me to tell them this sucks, you like it or you don't. Of course I don't. Why do I even hope.
It's horrible, I don't have enough time for this. There's too much music in the world to be trying to like something. It will be gone in a year.
Save your money Vampire Weekend.

Road recs has it.
Vampire weekend-Mansard roof-The first single to be taken from their self titled debut album now out on the xl label. A short blast of kooky indie rock with hints of african guitar strumming coming on like a more intricate pixies meets arcade fire. Infectiously catchy stuff. Also features ladies of cambridge on the flip side. February 2008-7"-Abeano

Radiohead - Jigsaw 7"

I'm really surprised that this 7" from Radiohead is even coming out...although they did press the album on vinyl. Still I had to see if this was true.
What they should do is start selling this through their site also, I'm sure they don't want to be in the shipping and packing business, but I like voting with my money knowing it will go directly to the artist, it's not just that you want to hear the new album. Knowing it will go at least mostly to the people that made it I will willingly buy in. It's partially still the novelty at this point, but especially at tiny shows I have to get the CDR from the band.
I think also a seven inch, or limited one sided 12" ....anything might really help touring, smaller bands survive and keep doing what they are doing. They aren't just vanity, collectible insanity items. I'm sure it's not much, but at that level you aren't in it for the money anyway...

This live b-side is everywhere on youtube, so if you really love radiohead, you've seen it.

It's available import only as far as I can tell, on XL records.

RADIOHEAD - JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE UK

* 1. Jigsaw Falling Into Place * 2. Videotape [Live From The Basement]

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...and congratulations to Ryan, who won the fuck buttons 7"....that's it for the contests for now, thanks for reading and thanks to ATP records for the 7"'s.