What Happens When College Educated East Coast Hipsters Make Music
Written by pistachionut on Sunday, 9 of November , 2008 at 1:37 pm
It happened in this order: Vampire Weekend becomes Pitchfork acclaimed, MGMT finds success due to Andrew VanWyngarden’s good looks.
Vampire Weekend’s debut self-titled album dropped in January of this year, but it had been blogged up for a long while before that. They met at Columbia, and formed under influences of Paul Simon and African drums. Ezra Koenig’s Jewish charm and catchy hooks propel the band to critical acclaim. They were soon forgotten about, however, as MGMT released Oracular Spectacular later that month. They had received a large recording contract from Sony and just finished a tour with of Montreal. Their notable style of “Psych-pop” earns them a large following. The following’s main contributors, however, are teenage girls, fawning over Andrew’s looks and style. The Coachella performances of both bands were decidedly lackluster, but MGMT somehow came out of the festival with superstar nature.
Seemingly next in this line of college educated east coasters, Passion Pit hail from Boston, MA. Originally a Valentine’s day gift from front man Michael Angelakos to his girlfriend, their EP Chunk Of Change is generating quite a buzz. They’re currently holding a remix contest for the single “Sleepyhead.” Look out for Passion Pit, as right now, “Sleepyhead” is definitely on my list of top songs of 2008.
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Comment by Paul Gale
Made Sunday, 9 of November , 2008 at 5:01 pm
What a weird article.
Comment by Hanan
Made Monday, 10 of November , 2008 at 7:49 am
Ben is pretty freaking attractive too.
