I have recently been bought a lot of new albums which I will review shortly:

Fall Out Boy - So far, It has grown on me an immensely
Los Campesinos - Its one of those you can listen to quite easily
Tilly And The Wall - It has a few real bangers
CSS - Its okay so far
Friendly Fires - Once again, Big bangers
MIA - Quite funny
Vampire Weekend - Fan-Bloody-Tastic

Anyway, I hope you have all had a fantastic christmas.
Tomorrow I will continue with my top ten videos of 2008.

8. Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma

I really liked this song and video.
In my opinion it was better than A-Punk.
This band is different from your average Jack Johnson or Damien Rice.
The African Folk beat and classy vocals helps them stand above anybody else remotely doing what they are.

Just in case you didnt pick up this week's issue..
NME is too expensive in the states to buy every week..

Albums:
1. MGMT, Oracular Spectacular
2. TV On The Radio, Dear Science
3. Glasvegas, Glasvegas
4. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
5. Foals, Antidotes
6. Metronomy, Nights Out
7. Santogold, Santogold
8. Mystery Jets, Twenty One
9. Kings Of Leon, Only By The Night
10. Friendly Fires, Friendly Fires
11. Neon Neon, Stainless Style
12. Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles
13. Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes
14. Laura Marling, Alas I Cannot Swim
15. The Last Shadow Puppets, The Age Of The Understatement
16. Ladyhawke, Ladyhawke
17. Elbom, The Seldom Seen Kid
18. Late Of The Pier, Fantasy Black Channel
19. Fucked Up, The Chemistry Of Common Life
20. Spiritualized, Songs In A&E
21. Lightspeed Champion, Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
22. Oasis, Dig Out Your Soul
23. Scarlett Johansson, Anywhere I Lay My Head
24. Bon Iver, For Emma, Fovever Ago
25. Portishead, Third
26. The Verve, Fourth
27. Hercules And Love Affair, Hercules And Love Affair
28. British Sea Power, Do You Like Rock Music?
29. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
30. Hot Chip, Made In The Dark
31. Coldplay, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
32. Mogawi, The Hawk Is Howling
33. DeerHunter, Microcastle
34. Los Campesinos!, We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
35. Cass McCombs, Dropping The Writ
36. Frightened Rabbit, The Midnight Organ Flight
37. Primal Scream, Beautiful Creature
38. Beck, Modern Guilt
39. Chairlift, Does You Inspire You
40. The Kills, Midnight Boom
41. These New Puritans, Beat Pyramid
42. School Of Seven Bells, Alpinisms
43. Black Kids, Partie Traumatic
44. Lykke Li, Youth Novels
45. The Black Keys, Attack & Release
46. Blood Red Shoes, Box Of Secrets
47. The Gaslight Anthem, The '59 Sound
48. Ida Maria, Fortress Round My Heart
49. Bloc Party, Intimacy
50. Heartbreak, Lies

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Songs:

1. MGMT, Kids
2. Glasvegas, Geraldine
3. Mystery Jets, Two Doors Down
4. MGMT, Time To Pretend
5. MGMT, Electric Feel
6. Metronomy, Heartbreaker
7. Friendly Fires, Paris
8. MIA, Paper Planes
9. Kings Of Leon, Sex On Fire
10. Vampire Weekend, A-Punk
11. The Verve, Love Is Noise
12. Hot Chip, Ready For The Floor
13. Elbow, One Day Like This
14. Florence + The Machine, Kiss With A Fist
15. Ladyhawke, Paris Is Burning
16. Oasis, The Shock Of The Lightning
17. Spiritualized, Soul On Fire
18. Hercules And Love Affair, Blind
19. Oasis, I'm Outta Time
20. Chairlift, Bruises
21. TV On The Radio, Golden Age
22. The Last Shadow Puppets, Standing Next To Me
23. Fucked Up, Year Of The Pig
24. Santogold, LES Artistes
25. Mystery Jets, Young Love
26. Amazing Baby, Head Dress
27. The Last Shadow Puppets, The Age Of The Understatement
28. Elbow, Grounds For Divorce
29. DJ Mujava, Township Funk
30. Florence + The Machine, Dog Days Are Over
31. Laura Marling, Ghosts
32. Black Kids, I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
33. Vampire Weekend, Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
34. Late Of The Pier, Space And The Woods
35. Ladyhawke, Back Of The Van
36. Little Boots, Stuck On Repeat
37. Wilex, Wearing My Rolex
38. Sam Sparro Black And Gold
39. Vampire Weekend, Oxford Comma
40. Heartbreak, We're Back
41. Dizzee Rascal, Dance Wiv Me
42. Late Of The Pier, Focker
43. Glasvegas, It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry
44. Crystal Castles, Courtship Dating
45. Crystal Castles Vs Health, Crimewave
46. Mogawi, Batcat
47. Portishead, Machine Gun
48. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
49. Glasvegas, Flowers & Football Tops
50. Ida Maria, Oh My God

There's nothing like getting into bands from your own city through UK radio. It happens all to often these days..

I downloaded this album about 3 weeks ago.
I heard them about 9'o'clock at reading festival and it was very jovial.
It was very chilled, both mood and climate wise
In regards to style, the band are slightly alike to Jack Johnson in the way a lot of the music is guitar based.
I believe that Vampire Weekend are bringing something the already large pop table table as they choose to add some distinct African beats along with a slightly retro twist and shout 70's style.
They are an easy listen so i do not think anybody would be offended at the thought of liking them.

The Album is self titled.
I particularly enjoy the singles naturally, although its all listenable. If listening to for the first time i would recommend first listening to 'Oxford Comma' or 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa' and 'Mansard Roof'


The track listing is as followed:



01. Mansard Roof
02. Oxford Comma
03. A-Punk
04. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
05. M79
06. Campus, Bryn
07. One (Blake's Got A New Face)
08. I Stand Corrected
09. Walcott
10. The Kids Don't Stand A Chance

further information can be found on:

www.myspace.com/vampireweekend

Its really difficult choosing the albums as iv bought at least 20 odd this year.
But i thought hard about it, and this is what i cam up with. purely opinion obviously:

1. The Mystery Jets - Twenty One
2. M.G.M.T - Oracular Spectacular
3. The Crystal Castles - The Crystal Castles
4. Blood Red shoes - Box of Secrets
5. Be Your Own PET - Get awkward
6. The Wombats - A guide to love, loss & depression
7. The Teenagers - Reality Check
8. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
9. The Cribs - A Mans Needs, A Woman's Needs, Whatever
10. The Babyshambles - Shotters Nation

Album i was disappointed buying this year so far are:

1. Panic! at The disco - Pretty. Odd
2. The Pigeon Detectives - Emergency
3. The Kooks - Konk