Vampire Weekend perform ‘The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance’ on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and they were backed by a string-quartet. At the end of the performance Conan exclaims his love for the song. You can watch the clip below.

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Jay Reatard has release his first video for the song ‘See/Saw’. It appears on his compilation “Matador Singles ’08″ as the opening track. The video was produced by Dell, which explains the border around the video. Watch the video below.

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This cover was done by Sebastian Krueger otherwise known as Inlets. It is a cover of Department of Eagles’ unreleased ‘Deadly Disclosure’. The cover was presented to Department of Eagles’ Fred Nicolaus as a birthday present. You can listen to the cover below.

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In this weeks issue of NME Vampire Weekend discussed the state of their second album. They are set to start on the next album next month. Frontman Ezra Koenig told the NME: “We’re looking forward to starting, We’re leaving the beginning of the year totally open, then we’re going to play a couple of shows in Mexico. Hopefully by then we’ll have a fully formulated idea of the album, and when we get back we can finish it”. Koenig goes on to talk about how the album was influenced by their experiences at Columbia, he goes on to say “Will it be about being in a band? No, probably because it’s the mundane aspects of life in a band that are with us the most.” He also deals with the question of “Will the band be changing its sound?”: “It’s hard to imagine us making an album that didn’t have strings or orchestral touches.” He also talks about the possibilty of working with Peter Gabriel on the ‘vibe’ for the new album. Thanks to Abeano for posting the article, which you can read at the site.
Vampire Weekend are also releasing a new single today. ‘The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance’, will be released with two versions of old Vampire Weekend tracks. One is the remix of the single by Chromeo and a live acoustic version of ‘Oxford Comma’.

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Paul Simon was a guest on the Colbert Report last night and was interviewed by Stephen Colbert. He appeared on his the show to promote his new book “Lyrics 1964-2008″ which is a collection of his lyrics. You can watch the interview below along with his performance of ‘American Tune’ below.

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Of Montreal have announced next year’s Skeletal Lamping tour dates which begin in Europe and then move to dates in Australia. But before they could go to Europe they still have some US Tour dates left through November and December including a New Year’s Eve Party in Athens, Georgia and they are going to play on Letterman on December 18. They will also be releasing a new EP called “Jon Brion Remix EP” which will be released on January 6 digitally and Januray 27 on CD. You can see the tour dates below and the tracklisting for the new EP.

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Blitzen Trapper performed ‘Furr’ on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, you can watch the performance below.

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