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Trailer: Vampire Weekend

By Mike Frankel
Posted on January 29, 2008
Indie Rock Fun Fact #526: Vampire Weekend derived their moniker from lead singer Ezra Koenig's amateur film of the same name. The film centers around a younger Ezra fighting off vampires in scary masks - - looks like someone borrowed Daddy's camera. Here's the film trailer:

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Comments

  • duff
    duff posted on Jan 29 - 2008 09:44:45 PM

    ha! nice

  • Stefi
    Stefi posted on Jan 30 - 2008 01:22:21 AM

    This is awesome.

  • Heidi Vanderlee
    Heidi Vanderlee posted on Jan 30 - 2008 09:15:55 AM

    am i the only person who doesn't care about this band at all?

  • Jens Carstensen
    Jens Carstensen posted on Jan 30 - 2008 10:17:12 AM

    No, Heidi, no you're not. Although, i am curious what anyone attending the show last night thought of Beat the Devil. Because they're definitely not "preppie."

  • Paula Neudorf
    Paula Neudorf posted on Jan 30 - 2008 12:53:54 PM

    heidi, i hear you...although i care more now because this trailer is so awesome. but i'll take beat the devil over vampire weekend.

  • Charlie Pritchard
    Charlie Pritchard posted on Aug 31 - 2008 05:27:06 PM

    i don't get why people who don't care about Vampire Weekend are even posting comments on here... and besides Vampire Weekend totally beats Beat the Devil