Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, September 16, 2009...

• The blog darlings in Vampire Weekend are set to release their new album, Contra, in the new year. No need to use up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A-select-start to acquire it.
• Wow... could Kanye actually be sorry about the Taylor Swift shit-storm he stirred up? He blogged his apology twice, apologized on Leno's new show and he actually called Swift after her appearance on The View. Maybe he felt bad because the President allegedly called him a "jackass?"
• Sorry Joe Satriani, your copyright infringement lawsuit has been dismissed. Update: It was dismissed "upon stipulation."
  

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