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Vampire Weekend
Also Playing: Beach House and Dum Dum Girls
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Fri Sep 3
7:30 pm
Vampire Weekend, Beach House, and Dum Dum Girls at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Vampire Weekend’s Contra seems to have aspirations beyond just making a good impression in 2010: It’s a career statement, one that’s letting the world know that these Columbia University preps have more than just a fleeting interest in the jubilant rhythms of West African music, that they’re still aiming to impress (but aren’t always going to take the easy route, as seen in its lush orchestration), and that sophomore slumps are for suckers who only had one good album of material in the first place. Tourmates Beach House is a band that couldn’t sound any more like its name, so far releasing three albums of hazy dream-pop filled with uncommon depth and beauty. Dum Dum Girls is a much rougher journey, running the gamut of leather-clad rock ’n’ roll and girl-group melodramatics.
Red Rocks Amphitheatre 12700 W Alameda Pkwy, Denver/Boulder, CO
Vampire Weekend’s Contra seems to have aspirations beyond just making a good impression in 2010: It’s a career statement, one that’s letting the world know that these Columbia University preps have more than just a fleeting interest in the jubilant rhythms of West African music, that they’re still aiming to impress (but aren’t always going to take the easy route, as seen in its lush orchestration), and that sophomore slumps are for suckers who only had one good album of material in the first place. Tourmates Beach House is a band that couldn’t sound any more like its name, so far releasing three albums of hazy dream-pop filled with uncommon depth and beauty. Dum Dum Girls is a much rougher journey, running the gamut of leather-clad rock ’n’ roll and girl-group melodramatics.
Updated 08/25/2010
