Life is hard for a no-name band in the ever-chaotic, always-competitive indie-rock music scene. Many would-be indie bands either sink, or if they're lucky, have a handful of their albums grace the ...

Contra not only maintains but amplifies the charm of 2008’s Vampire Weekend, painting a vivid, if fragmented portrait of millennial youth abuzz in that surreal transitional period between the ...

Happy Birthday to Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, who turned the big 4-0 on April 8, 2024. Koenig co-founded the band in 2006 while he and the group’s three other original members were attending ...

On this edition of All Songs Considered: rare live recordings from Billie Holiday; remembering a classic from post-punk group The Jesus and Mary Chain that inspired new music from the Magnetic Fields; ...

Vampire Weekend shows Dec 3 @ Terminal 5 w/ The Teenagers Dec 4 @ Terminal 5 w/ Telepathe Dec 6 @ Terminal 5 w/ Fiasco & Air Bombay Dec 8 @ Wellmont Theater w/ Ra Ra ...

Except for maybe Halloween, could Miami have asked for a better night to see a band called Vampire Weekend than on Friday the 13th? For those unfamiliar, the New York City-born and -bred band doesn’t ...

The new Vampire Weekend album is both a comeback and a repudiation. The band’s first album in six years, Father of the Bride jumbles tropes and references with characteristic density. In today’s ...

Two years ago, Vampire Weekend released its self'minus;titled debut album to widespread critical acclaim and immediate commercial success. On Jan. 12, the New York City'minus;based quartet's sophomore ...