http://geekdom.vox.com/library/audio/tags/music/page/1/ en Vox Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:00:05 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss music http://geekdom.vox.com/library/audio/6a00e398a53dba000200f48ce60e460003.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Dom) http://geekdom.vox.com/library/audio/6a00e398a53dba000200f48ce60e460003.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://geekdom.vox.com/library/audio/6a00e398a53dba000200f48ce60e460003.html?_c=feed-rss-full Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:00:05 -0700 The Kids Don't Stand A Chance Vampire Weekend came to public attention via a variety of blogs, first on the African music audioblog "Benn loxo du taccu"[3] and then six months later on Stereogum,[4]on which they claimed to "want to be like the nogs" leading many to cite them as another example of the "blog band" phenomenon. The band is influenced by both African popular music and Western classical music. They describe their genre of music as "Upper West Side Soweto", performing such songs as "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," which references Congolese soukous music. music, twitter, vampire weekend <p>Vampire Weekend came to public attention via a variety of blogs, first on the African music audioblog &quot;Benn loxo du taccu&quot;[3] and then six months later on Stereogum,[4]on which they claimed to &quot;want to be like the nogs&quot; leading many to cite them as another example of the &quot;blog band&quot; phenomenon. The band is influenced by both African popular music and Western classical music. They describe their genre of music as &quot;Upper West Side Soweto&quot;, performing such songs as &quot;Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa,&quot; which references Congolese soukous music.</p> <a href="http://geekdom.vox.com/library/audio/6a00e398a53dba000200f48ce60e460003.html?_c=feed-rss-full"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398a53dba000200f48ce60e460003-320pi" alt="The Kids Don&#39;t Stand A Chance" /></a> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://geekdom.vox.com/library/audio/6a00e398a53dba000200f48ce60e460003.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a53dba000200f48ce60e460003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> music twitter vampire weekend