It's Too Cold For Those Cute Ballet Slippers

It may be too cold for 70's gym shorts (a la the Pitchfork Music Festival), but you can bet that tonight's Vampire Weekend show at Schubas will double as a winter fashion show/breeding ground for Chicago's hipsterati. The NYC quartet's kinda creepy, kinda awesome take on indie rock "world music" has earned them plenty of blog love, packed houses, and a contract for their first full length release with powerhouse XL Recordings.

Eighteen months of hype equals a lot to live up to, and the jury is still out on whether VW's bouncy, Paul Simon-meets-Clap Your Hands Say Yeah jams will flourish or face a Voxtrot-sized backlash after the release on January 29 of their self-titled debut.

MP3: Vampire Weekend "Masnard Roof"

Vampire Weekend plays Schubas tonight at 9 p.m., 18+, $10