Vampire Weekend are buzzing a bit at the moment, and probably with justification. They've certainly got an interesting sound - and it's not, as you might expect from the group's name, some kind of deathly metal stuff. They seem to be describing the brand of noise they make in their MySpace page genre bit as punk/new wave/classical, which is all good. A bit of classical in the mix never does a band any harm, I always think, in fact, I generally find it pretty endearing. It's quite a busy site, with its blogs and videos, plus the songs are really good, and interesting, partly because, as I said at the start, the band do have an interesting, eclectic sort of sound. But what they also have is an interesting line in quirky song titles. 'Oxford Comma'. 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa'. Me like. You check.
http://www.myspace.com/vampireweekend