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Rockonomics: The California-Prep Style Rebranding of Vampire Weekend

Foster Kamer · 01/09/10 03:00PM

A found-everywhere band of the last two years, Brooklyn-bred Vampire Weekend's back with a new album, and new press lines to go with it: they've transitioned from their "prep-chic" Ivy League linage image into ostensibly different "California"-style brand identification.