Before CD debuted, it was already a success

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, February, 2008 | by Dan DeLuca Inquirer Music Critic

It hasn't taken forever for Vampire Weekend's self-titled debut to come out. It only seems that way. That's because in the blogosphere, where reputations are made quicker than you can say Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - and where the backlash begins long before a CD hits those anachronisms called record stores - the members of Vampire Weekend have been superstars for an eternity.

Or, at least, since last summer. That's when the hype started to hit about the four Columbia University grads who play a sold-out First Unitarian Church tonight. VW became the object of the Internet's affection because singer-guitarist Ezra Koenig and his bandmates - Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Thomson and Chris Baio - make highly inviting, light-on-its-feet music that introduces a ringer into the...