Vampire Weekend are currently on a very eventful tour supporting their recent album Only God Was Above Us. They were also the musical guest on Fallon Monday night, where they performed album highlight ...
The members of Vampire Weekend are very good at this. Gathered on a recent afternoon to talk about the band’s fifth album, “Only God Was Above Us,” frontman Ezra Koenig, bassist Chris Baio and drummer ...
Almost two decades ago, the formation of indie-rock band Vampire Weekend made possible its impressive and ever-growing collection of hit songs. The band’s members lean into their Ivy League ...
VAMPIRE WEEKEND: (Singing) The memories don't fade, surprise and fade for days. You're elegantly wasted. SIMON: Might take nine or 10 listenings to be able to crack those lines, most of them written ...
Digging into “Only God Was Above Us,” an LP that’s both catchy and complex. Hosted by Jon Pareles. Produced by Pedro Rafael Rosado. Vampire Weekend recently released its fifth album, “Only God Was ...
After nearly two decades, Vampire Weekend is still performing with the same nerdy charm of a college band. The indie pop and rock group, which formed at Columbia University in 2006, delivered both ...
From the first seconds of Vampire Weekend’s new album, “Only God Was Above Us,” it’s clear that something has changed. “Ice Cream Piano” starts with hiss, buzz, feedback and a hovering, distorted ...
Vampire Weekend‘s Only God Was Above Us tour has officially hit NJ for their first shows in the state in 16 years. They’re in the midst of a four-show run at Wellmont Theater, which at a capacity of ...
Homer would’ve loved Vampire Weekend, noble warriors of indie blog-rock, led by their Odyssean, floppy-haired frontman, Ezra Koenig. Koenig also left his hometown for about 20 years, traveled the ...
On its fifth album, suffused with thoughts of 20th-century New York City, indie-rock’s pop maximalists get noisier — but it’s a journey out of negativity into “something a little deeper.” From left: ...