Music - Dec. 8, 2008
Help me with my ballot
Another December means assembling another annual ballot for the Village Voice's Pazz & Jop Poll, something I've been doing for a couple decades now. This is the first year I didn't keep a running list all year long. So, I feel like I'm missing something big.
Tags: Pazz & Jop, Village Voice, Radiohead, Yelle, Josh Rouse, Vampire Weekend, Perturbazione, Subsonica, MGMT, Paul Weller, Colin Meloy, Kooks

Music - April 6, 2008
Vampire Weekend shows youth, promise at Turner Hall show
Playing a 45ish-minute set proved to be a bit of a challenge for the young band, with just one album and one EP on its discography. Perhaps it explains why frontman Ezra Koenig chatted up the audience after each and every song.
Tags: Vampire Weekend, Chachi, YACHT, turner hall

Music - Feb. 9, 2008
An evening with Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend seems to be the next biggest thing coming out of the New York indie rock scene, although its sound is anything but limited to one geographic area.
Tags: vampire weekend, turner hall ballroom, xl records