Jaz Looks Psychotic As A Big Piranha...

What do you get when you cross a Hollyoaks-omnibus-accompanied Sunday brunch with a bloodthirsty creature of the underworld? A VAMPIRE WEEKEND! Joking aside, Columbia University's finest African music students are here touring their sophomore album Contra, which has quite ferociously split critics' opinion. Anybody who knows the value of a good cardigan and writes lyrics such as "In December drinking Horchata/I look psychotic in a balaclava" gets my vote. See Ezra Koenig and co at:

• Birmingham O2 (10th)
• Newcastle O2 (12th)
• Glasgow Barrowlands (13th)
• Edinburgh Picturehouse (14th)
• London Brixton O2 (16th/17th)

Out of luck getting tickets? Otherwise suffering a week-long series of Valentines-related engagements? Settle for streaming the new album in full at: http://www.vampireweekend.com/

Jaz x


(Photo: Tim Soter)