In 2011, I made up a rubric for assessing the output of musical artists. I called it The Five-Albums Test. Well, I didn’t exactly “make it up.” I took something that music fans were already doing ...

9:09 a.m. Oct. 9, 2024: An earlier version of this article referred incorrectly to Chris Baio as Vampire Weekend’s drummer. The band’s drummer is Chris Tomson. The members of Vampire Weekend are very ...

With Labor Day weekend being one week away in the United States, this weekend is the perfect time to stream some newly released albums while preparing for a holiday cookout, organizing a Labor Day ...

There's a new Vampire Weekend album on the way. We've known that for a while. Earlier this year, the band started releasing a series of vinyl-only live albums, and those records have been coming with ...

As is the case with every Vampire Weekend record, frontman and songwriter Ezra Koenig’s Ivy-league-bred propensities take the forefront in their latest release Only God Was Above Us. Their fifth ...

Vampire Weekend announced their anticipated new album, Only God Was Above Us, marking the band’s first new record in five years. Recorded around the globe in cities from Tokyo to London, they were ...

Earlier this year, Vampire Weekend released a vinyl-only live album, Frog on the Bass Drum Vol. 01, featuring songs they played on tour in Indianapolis in June 2019. Included with the LP was a ...

Vampire Weekend's Chris Tomson, from left, Ezra Koenig and Chris Baio in Los Angeles. (Jennifer McCord / For The Times) For the record:9:09 a.m. Oct. 9, 2024: An earlier version of this article ...

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 ...