Contra is the second studio album by the American rock band Vampire Weekend, produced by band member Rostam Batmanglij and released in January 2010 on XL Recordings. It was …

Jan 11, 2010 · Contra is the second studio album by Vampire Weekend. They tried many new musical styles, including dubbed and slowed vocals, clattering pseudo-punk, African guitar …

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Jan 11, 2010 · The divisive Vampire Weekend return with LP number two, and Contra finds them embracing their eccentricities without shame or apology.

Jan 11, 2010 · Mixing well-read indie rock with Afro-pop, ska, hip-hop, '80s pop, and more, Vampire Weekend has helped define the sound of indie music from the 2000s onward.

Jan 11, 2010 · Contra not only maintains but amplifies the charm of 2008’s Vampire Weekend, painting a vivid, if fragmented portrait of millennial youth abuzz in that surreal transitional …

Jan 12, 2010 · Vampire Weekend's second album, Contra, finds the New York-based band pushing its eclectic, intellectual indie rock further using a mash-up of musical genres, clever …

Vampire Weekend‘s second album, “Contra,” finds the New York-based band pushing its eclectic, intellectual indie rock further using a mash-up of musical genres, clever wordplay and …

Jan 10, 2010 · If New York quartet Vampire Weekend’s self-titled debut represented the meteoric launch of an innovative world-indie genre (a hybrid of post-graduate lyricism, pop sensibility, …