So I thought, disregarding the fact that it has been around for a while now, I would review it for you all!

It all kicks off with the familiar A-Punk. This is their most known track purely because it is excellent, the track gives you an all-round idea of Vampire Weekend’s style. Hearing this single should have been enough to make you want to listen to the album.

A-Punk moves into a slower Oxford Comma. Slower, but a mighty song. The first thing I heard about this song was about the video and the fact that apparently it was shot in one whole go, quite amazing considering all of the things that go on.

Oxford Comma ends in a musical array of goodness, it’s a great song for all the right reasons. Some might argue that once you have heard these first two tracks, you have heard Vampire Weekend. But I would correct them, as the album gets even better now.

I’m going to be very harsh and say that Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (yes, that is the name) is one of the weaker songs on the album. Which I feel mean about saying because it is not a weak song at all, especially Ezra Koenig kicks in with the wailingly addictive chorus.

‘M79‘ is next and starts off quite differently from the other songs but builds into a rather funky tune. This leads well into the slower starting Mansard Roof which turns out to be one of the most lively and organic tracks on the record. It has awesome drumming too, much like…

Campus. – This is without a doubt my favourite song on the album. It is short, snappy and has all the right ingredients for something you want to listen to over and over again, which isn’t a lie. If you want to get into this band quickly, listen to this first. That’s what I say.

Past halfway now, and I Stand Corrected starts off with you thinking it as that track on every album which you have no vision of going anywhere. Backed with a strong piano-riff, however, it doesn’t let down. I think it’s probably also the shortest track so far, excluding the far-too-short-for-it’s-own-good A Punk.

Walcott references back to Cape Cod again. This track has quite a festivity to it with the lively piano running throughout and later on strings start to play, just such a very awesome sound. It’s what makes Vampire Weekend so distinctive.

Next, Bryn has to be a close favourite to one of the best tracks and sees wicked vocals from the lead singer. From what I can make out, ‘One (Blake’s Got A New Face)’ disses English breakfast just before the first chorus, but there you go!

I absolutely love hearing the synthy vibe which weaves in and out of this tune.

The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance houses some of the richest vocals you hear from Ezra, which is what I remember most about this track. This one doesn’t really speed up, but it’s a nice relaxed one to end an absolutely recommendable album. I highly suggest you listen to it. This band are one that I will always remember from the 2007 indie era and I hope they are back very soon with a new one!

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The songs are as listed:

1. Secret Knives – Red House
2. Devendra Banhart – Little Yellow Spider
3. Beirut – Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)
4. Architecture In Helsinki In Case We Die – Wishbone
5. Not sure what the second to last song is, but I’ll find out as soon as I can
6. Devendra Banhart – Wake Up, Little Sparrow

Thanks to Jon and Chris for another wonderful podcast, and don’t forget to leave a comment! Also ADD CHRIS TO LAST.FM!

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White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground

White Wedding – Billy Idol

Soma – The Strokes

I Had A Dream, Joe – Nick Cave

Pin – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Boats And Birds – Gregory And The Hawk

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Be Your Own Pet – Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle

Deep Sea Diver – Grizzly Bear

The Books – Take Time

Deerhoof – Scream Team

The Ditty Bops – Wake Up

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Matt And Kim – Silver Tiles
The Bastard Fairies – The Greatest Love Song
Kimya Dawson – The Beer
Jamie T – Sheila
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Plastic Fang

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Music on the podcast:

Matt & Kim – Verbs Before Nouns

Wolf Parade – You Are A Runner And I Am My Father’s Son

The Strokes – Ask Me Anything

Black Eyes – Deformative

Poor Boy Johnson – Talking Demo

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I have big plans for it, which includes:

• Daily blog updates
• Continuation of the Podcast (Jon and Chris are going to continue doing that)
• VideoCast!
• New indie-rocker staff
• My witty personality
• Simple forum
• …and much more!

Since I still have to win some of you over, I would like to announce episode 2 of the Indie Anthems podcast, which can be downloaded here! Tell us what you think of it, and don’t forget to suggest some songs to be played in a later episode.

If you have any other suggestions for the site, or would like to write for Indie Anthems, feel free to email me at David [at] indieanthems [dot] com.

After giving it a lot of thought (about 5 minutes down the pub) we’ve decided to start a regular indieanthems.com podcast hosted by myself and future blogger of indieanthems.com, Chris Tanner. You’ll hear more from Chris in the coming weeks when he starts writing for the website so I won’t talk about him to much in here, suffice to say he knows his shit when it comes to music. He also has experience with music writing and journalism in general.

We will be releasing a new podcast every Wednesday from now on and if it proves to be popular we might start doing it more often. Please let us know what you thought of it so we can make it better.

Anyway, we had a lot of fun making this podcast. Please download it and let us know what you think.