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Vampire Weekend

January 23, 2008

Goodbye, Ten to Try, Required Listening has been reformatted for 2008. Friend Zach previously suggested that one post featuring ten new music tracks each month was too much too infrequently. I agree, and so I’ll now be highlighting individual singles (it sounds redundant, but I don’t think it is?!) throughout the month.

But I couldn’t go the whole nine yards and nix nine entire tracks cold turkey! I’ve just discovered two more songs from last year on someone else’s Best of 2007 compilation that I want you to hear before we listen to what 2008 has got in store for us. First, Mother Mother (I dare you to not move to the beat!)

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Artist: Mother Mother
Track: Dirty Town
This track is available on iTunes

Mother Mother’s fellow Vancouverians (or are they Vancouverites?) The New Pornographers are very likely the last artists I will knowingly feature as creators of outstanding music in 2007 (but I’ve included several loopholes in that statement just in case.)

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Artist: The New Pornographers
Track: Myriad Harbour
This track is available on iTunes

That brings us back to the present, with Vampire Weekend’s Oxford Comma. I actually discovered this on that aforementioned Best of 2007 collection, but the album doesn’t come out until next Tuesday, so it’s close enough for yorkrules.

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Artist: Vampire Weekend
Track: Oxford Comma
This artist is available on iTunes


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