"Graceland" as the new "Born to Run"

Paul Simon's world music opus seems to be replacing Bruce Springsteen's ode to cars and freedom as the hipster music reference du jour. To wit, Swedish crooner Jens Lekman has been covering "You Can Call Me Al" at recent shows, and today NYC quartet Vampire Weekend release their Simon-influenced debut. The self-titled album updates Graceland's Caribbean beats and ska-light guitars with lyrics about those classic rock 'n' roll fixations, punctuation ("Oxford Comma") and getting laid (the rest of the record). Plus: The guys have serious style.

PAUL L. UNDERWOOD
6:54 AM, January 29, 2008
Photo: Zandy Mangold/Retna Ltd.

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