Vampire Weekend? It's only Wednesday

We listened to VAMPIRE WEEKEND while eating dinner last night.
With their joyful, bouncy Afropop sound, Brooklyn's Vampire Weekend appear to be one of those rare indie bands that the entire family can agree upon.
Ezra Koenig (guitar, vocals), Rostam Batmanglij (keyboard), Chris Tomson (drums) and Chris Baio (bass) met at Columbia University, and their rather preppy origins seem to be fueling some of the critical backlash against the band.
One of the head-scratching reviews I recently read stated that you won't really like Vampire Weekend if you have heard The Specials' debut album.
Huh? That's like saying you won't like The Specials if you have heard Dandy Livingstone or Toots and the Maytals.
So what if Vampire Weekend sound like they have listened to too much of Paul Simon's "Graceland?" The alternative is a growing number of bands who have listened to too much of Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures."
Can't indie rock provide a little fun once in while?
For my money, Vampire Weekend provide another piece of evidence that good music is not dead yet, no matter what boneheaded moves the music industry and their "American Idol" spawn deem to attempt next.
Check out Vampire Weekend's video for their January 2008 single "A-Punk" on YouTube, click here perhaps.