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Gosh, it sure seems like every Tom, Dick, and Harry in a button-up and a vest is talking up Vampire Weekend nowadays. Right?

Sally Forth might seem like the world's least likely source for left-field indie rock references, but check this out: for roughly the last decade, the strip's been penned by one Francesco Marciuliano, who looks like a dude who digs Vampire Weekend and Trail of Bread. Man, what a strange gig to have.

Thanks to Phil Bucska for the tip.

As for Vampire Weekend, they've added a ton of dates since our last report, and here they are, after the jump.

VW:

05-15 Brighton, England - Great Escape Festival
05-17 Brussels, Belgium - Orangerie
05-18 Cologne, Germany - Luxor
05-19 Paris, France - Le Trabendo
05-20 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
05-21 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
05-22 Berlin, Germany - Maria
05-23 Munich, Germany - Kleine Elserhalle
05-26 Rome, Italy - Circolo Degli Artisti
05-27 Bologna, Italy - Bologne Rocker Festival
05-28 Zurich, Switzerland - Mascotte
05-29 Barcelona, Spain - Parc del Fòrum (Primavera Sound)
05-30 Porto, Portugal - Porto Casa de Musica
06-01 Manchester, England - Academy 2
06-07 Orlando, FL - Park Avenue (in-store)
06-07 Orlando, FL - The Social
06-08 St. Augustine, FL - Cafe Eleven
06-09 Miami, FL - Jackie Gleason Theater
06-11 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
06-12 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06-14 New York, NY - Central Park Summer Stage *
06-21 Philadelphia, PA - Drexel University (POPPED Festival)
06-24 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festval
06-25 Stockholm, Sweden - Accelerator Festival
06-27-28 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival
06-29 Cornwall, England - Eden Project
07-01 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli
07-03 Werchter, Belgium - Werchter Festival
07-04 Paris, France - Solidays Festival
07-05 Belfort, France - Les Eurockeenness
07-06 Arras, France - Main Square Festival
07-08 Turin, Italy - Spaziale Festival
07-10 Lisbon, Portugal - Alive Festival
07-12 Naas, Ireland - Oxegen Festival
07-13 Kinross, Scotland - T in the Park
07-19 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) !
07-25 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
07-27 Pemberton, British Columbia - Pemberton Festival
08-03 Byron Bay, Australia - Splendour in the Gras
08-09 Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic Festival
08-10 Osaka, Japan - Summersonic Festival
08-22 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-23 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
09-13 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Monolith Festival)
09-24 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
09-25 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)

* with Kid Sister, Born Ruffians
! with Animal Collective, Jarvis Cocker, The Hold Steady, !!!, Dizzee Rascal, Fleet Foxes, Caribou, Jay Reatard, Titus Andronicus, No Age, Atlas Sound, Extra Golden, Fuck Buttons, Elf Power, the Ruby Suns, Icy Demons, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Boban I Marko Markovic Orkestar