NEW VAMPIRE WEEKEND VIDEO RIPS OFF AAKASH NIHALANI
Hype aside, we”ve never been huge advocates of Vampire Weekend. While their new album, Contra is getting serious praise, their new seizure inducing video for the track “couzin”, totally rips off our friend Aakash Nihalani’s signature box art. When we first saw the video, we thought maybe Aakash had given the band consent to use his art but as it turns out he was never consulted and was never compensated. Way to steal another artists work guys! If you are interested in checking out Aakash’s actual work, click on some of the links below:
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2 Comments
danny policarpo
December 2, 2009Hey Joe
I was a fan of the first album before it got ‘big’ but now they just don’t seem to be on the ball your totally right about new single sucking Radio 1 in uk keeps plugging it god knows why and not seen any of Aakash Nihalani’s which is a shame i am sure lol but i shall take your word for it that VW are ripping this great guy off.
Shame on you Vampire Weekend…
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