Vampire Weekend, best new band? Really?
Aren't they pretty boring? So they incorporate some African pop sounds into their music; so do a lot of better bands. The Budos Band, for instance, who have a brand-new video:
And they're on Daptone Records, so you know they've got to be good. However, they're not new. Yeasayer is, though; they sound like the Polyphonic Spree playing Afrobeat. Since there are only four band members, that big sound must be the result of overdubbing and choir effects, but it sounds great, positively lush at times.
Afrobeat is creeping into the mainstream, and that's a good thing, because it means I can hear more of it.
