I can find at least four dudes who don't believe that print is dying: Vampire Weekend. The band announced the March 7 release of their third album, Modern Vampires in the City, by taking out an ad in the classifieds section of The New York Times. But it looks like the band took to the traditional media of their generation—the internet—to announce the album's cover and track listing as well as the band's upcoming tour dates. Still, this is a major coup for The New York Times. And to think, they didn't need to put an animated gif on the front page of the paper's website to get people to pay attention!
Modern Vampires in the City track listing:
1. Obvious Bicycle
2. Unbelievers
3. Step
4. Diane Young
5. Don't Lie
6. Hannah Hunt
7. Everlasting Arms
8. Finger Back
9. Worship You
10. Ya Hey
11. Hudson
12. Young Lion
Tour dates:
03-13-16 Austin, TX - SXSW
04-12 Las Vegas, NV - The Cosmopolitan
04-14 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-16 Davis, CA - Freeborn Hall at UC Davis
04-17 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
04-21 Indio, CA - Coachella
05-08 London, England - The Troxy
05-10 Paris, France - Casino De Paris
05-15 Boston, MA - Agganis Arena
05-16 Toronto, Ontario - Sony Centre
05-17 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit
05-19 Kansas City, MO - Midland Theater
05-20 Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
05-21 Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden Amphitheater
05-23 Portland, OR - Keller Auditorium
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