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One of the biggest indie earworms of the noughties had crowds singing words they didn't even know. So what does Vampire ...
Vampire Weekend have always been at least a little bit of a secret ska-punk band. There’s definitely some hup-hup-hup pickitup-pickitup energy to tracks like “Cousins” and “This Life ...
Vampire Weekend will hopefully shoot for "A-Punk" 16 times one day, but until then we can always listen to the song on repeat. Want more clever culture writing beamed directly to your inbox?
Not that Vampire Weekend should be put in the same bag as, say, Lupe Fiasco. Mainly, critics compare its album to Paul Simon’s 1986 icon of pop-African fusion, “Graceland” -- which isn’t ...
He said: “Even as I listen back to ‘A-Punk’ and I think back to it, I can hear that music and I think ‘Oh that’s probably what I would have said too if I’d heard our first album’.
Vampire Weekend's 'Father Of The Bride' track is the source material for a new collection of punk covers from 25 artists.
Ezra Koenig returned to the Windy City for an unlikely wintry summer night.Live Review: Vampire Weekend Warms Up a Chilly Father's Day in Chicago (6/16) Michael Roffman ...
Because Vampire Weekend are the ultimate college band (at least for people who balk at the notion of a college band), it made sense that frontman Ezra Koenig had instruction in mind last night at ...
Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend performs at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer) ...
The New York indie-rock band Vampire Weekend, which just released its second album, “Contra,” blends styles with a natty nonchalance that is off-putting to some but thrilling to others.
Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig has recalled how he had real concerns of being a “one-hit wonder” during the early part of their career. Read More: Vampire Weekend – ‘Only God Was ...