Download: Vampire Weekend, ‘Horchata’

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Arriving in plenty of time for the fall mid-terms, the first track from Vampire Weekend’s forthcoming album “Contra” (which won’t be out until the new year) was released Monday to all kinds of giddy exultations on the Internet. It’s called “Horchata,” and as drinks go it’s more tropical fruit punch than the sweet rice-based concoction of its name. Somebody please tell me what the all the fuss is about with this band. I’ll be listening to “Graceland.”

||| Download: “Horchata”

||| Live: Vampire Weekend hints that its tour will have some interesting twists and turns, promising “impromptu events” in California to be announced via its website. The two SoCal dates so far are Nov. 2 at the Art Theatre in Long Beach and Nov. 5 at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace.