V Is For Vampire Weekend
*Originally released April 13th 2016*
This episode, Steve and Doug come right back to the present with Vampire Weekend, while also musing about licensing for car ads, rich white kid music (whatever that is), and lawsuits over polaroids.
Music featured this week:
Cousins - Contra
Step - Modern Vampires Of The City
Mansard Roof - Vampire Weekend
Run - Contra
2:37 - Steve loves "Earth Plates Are Shifting" by Young Empires
4:21 - Phew! This is still going on! The case against Led Zeppelin by Spirit is in appeal as of January 2019. Judge for yourself, are the two songs too similar to be coincidence? Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven" and Spirit's "Taurus"
5:45 - The Cracked article is "The 5 Most Famous Musicians Who Are Thieving Bastards"
13:22 - Here's the two songs by Rostam that Steve had on his iPod: "Don't Let It Get To You" and "Wood"
14:11 - The Death Cab For Cutie song the boys are thinking about is called "Meet Me On The Equinox"
19:46 - Or maybe it was Honda
25:00 - "Awkward" by San Cisco
44:24 - Here is Vampire Weekend's cover of "Exit Music For A Film" by Radiohead
Doug's Recommendations:
Run - Contra
Horchata - Contra
Diane Young - Modern Vampires Of The City
Steve's Recommendations:
One (Blake's Got A New Face) - Vampire Weekend
Giving Up The Gun - Contra
Ya Hey - Modern Vampires Of The City