Vampire Weekend, along with Beach House and The Very Best will be at Chaifetz Arena on Oct. 3. Vampire Weekend is a fairly young Indie-rock band. The members Ezra Koenig, Chris Tomson, Rostam Batmanglij and Chris Baio formed the band in 2006 and signed with XL Recordings shortly after. For some people, it is hard to comprehend how a band could blow up in only four years; other people, such as ‘self-proclaimed Vampire Weekend super-fan’ Tynan Shevlin, is not surprised at all.
“My brother, Colin Shevlin, first played ‘Blake’s Got a New Face’ for me. Right there and then, I was like “this is something special,” Shevlin said.
Genevieve Knab is Another Vampire Weekend fan.
“I heard about them from one of my friends, but my dad is who really got me interested in Vampire Weekend. We have really similar taste in music. It’s awesome!” she said.
Vampire Weekend currently has two albums out: a self-titled album, Vampire Weekend (released in 2008) and Contra (released in 2010). Both albums gained popularity in America and the United Kingdom.
Songs from both albums, such as “A-Punk”, “Cape Cod”, “Kwassa Kwassa” and “Oxford Comma” have all received high ratings including Rolling Stone’s Best Song of the Year, and Billboard Modern Rock and Billboard 200.
“I’m really partial to “A-Punk”. I love the fast-paced, catchy nature of the song. Plus the slick guitar rift,” freshman Alex Bolano said.
During this year’s Hollywood Bowl, lead vocalist Ezra Koenig announced that Vampire Weekend is back in the studio recording a new album, which is set to be released in 2011.
“I like Vampire Weekend so much because they have really happy music. They are also so unique; there aren’t many bands out there like them. Also, their sound and lyrics are really interesting. They are so fun to sing along to,” Knab said.
Beach House and The Very Best will be the openers for the concert.
“Beach House and The Very Best are both really great bands. I haven’t heard too much from either of them, but I do like their music. I’m really excited for the line-up,” Shevlin said.
Tickets can be bought at thechaifetzarena.com, and outside of the Griesedieck Complex on Sept. 30.