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Vampire Weekend

B-Sides: Extra Classic and the Vampire Weekend Theory of Appropriation

Music post by Mac Pogue on October 5, 2011 - 1:36pm; tagged cultural appropriation, dub reggae, Extra Classic, Jamaica, reggae, Vampire Weekend.

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So it goes like this: "[your favorite music blogger]: Readers, please check out Band A. Band A hails from Culture A (represent!) but sounds exactly like underrepresented Culture B. Like, can you believe your ears, doesn't it sound like Band A just sounds like all of these bands from Culture B that work hard and get little recognition in our giant Culture A?" This week it's time to sit down and talk about Extra Classic, a band from San Francisco, California; their love of Jamaican music; and what I'm going to deem the Vampire Weekend model of cultural appropriation.

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