Friday, January 16, 2009

Vampire Weekend

Here is a decent version of one of their better songs, "M79," live in NYC. I considered going to this show about a month ago, but one of the things that I deem relatively important when choosing whether to go see somebody is crowd composition. I like Cut Copy a lot but they seem to attract venues and crowds that morph into gay bars in seconds. Interpol is great but I expect everyone at their concerts to be packing steel-toed boots and 10-inch knives. Lil Wayne is catchy but come the fuck on.

I can't decide whether I made the right call with Vampire Weekend. It seems like a ton of annoying chicks, which is standard for Terminal 5 shows and indie shows in general. The question is whether they're primarily in the 18-23 range (good) or the 12-16 bracket (fail).