Rivers Cuomo is one of the many guests on B.o.B.'s debut album (Lupe Fiasco, Janelle Monae, Hayley Williams, and Eminem also show up). His appearance could be the weirdest, next to the Vampire…   Read Story »

Earlier this week we posted about Vampire Weekend covering Bruce Springsteen's "I'm Going' Down" at Malkin Bowl in Vancouver. The guys just sat down for Seattle's 107.7 The End's 200th "Endsession"…   Read Story »

Vampire Weekend's cover of "I'm Goin' Down" lacks Clarence Clemens and a little E Street oomph. The guys gave the Born In The U.S.A. track a go in Canada (Malkin Bowl, Vancouver) over the weekend…   Read Story »

BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac kind of says it all at the beginning of this radio rip. "White Sky" is Vampire Weekend's next single, and it gets a dancefloor remix from Basement Jaxx. Listen: Vampire…   Read Story »

We've heard a lot about the Vampire Weekend cover controversy from the band and photographer's lawyers, as well as the lawyer representing Ann Kirsten Kennis. But an article in the Fairfield Citizen,…   Read Story »

Converse STEPPED IT UP (punstyles) with this year's installment of their commercial/song experiment, bringing a live show component to the campaign. I'm still not entirely clear on how people got in…   Read Story »

Ha, scandal. Sure. I ain't saying Kirsten Kennis is a gold digger, but let's all agree that musicians are not responsible for the authenticity of release forms related to their album art. (Except Owl…   Read Story »

Kirsten, the Polo-sporting mystery blonde who stars on the cover of chart topper Contra (and the cryptic banner ads that preceded it) has been revealed. Her surname is Kennis, and the photo was taken…   Read Story »

When we posted "All Summer," the Converse-funded collaboration between Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino, Kid Cudi, and Rostam Batmanglij, it was accompanied by a photo of the trio mugging with…   Read Story »

Converse just released the next in its series of unlikely collaborations -- last summer it was Santigold, Julian Casablancas and Pharrell doing "My Drive Thru." This year, it's an explicit summer…   Read Story »