It's fun anytime Vampire Weekend plays late night TV, if only because we know it means you guys are going to get lively in the comments. And because it's a band we enjoy playing late night TV. But…   Read Story »

Verily, SNL's talent bookers nailed the zeitgeist this weekend. Where last time through just the very sight of Ezra, Rostam, and the Chrisses proved a highlight of a dismal show, this night they were…   Read Story »

This one comes with the EZRA KOENIG LIKES THIS stamp of approval, a good thing to have these days regardless of its reference point but particularly if you're slinging around a Vampire Weekend cover.…   Read Story »

Headline says it. Yesterday you saw photo and blurb that introduced this far-flung pop cultural consortium, today it materializes. What does it say about this band that somehow this lineup of Friends…   Read Story »

Think Ghostface turned RZA on to Vampire Weekend? Probably. According to Anthem Magazine (via P4K), who talked to co-director Emmett Malloy (younger brother Brendan also directs), Ezra Koening came…   Read Story »

When dishing up our two cents on Vampire Weekend's Billboard-topping Contra we noted: It would have been interesting if Ezra had worked some of his knowledge/love of punk and hardcore (a la his…   Read Story »

Contra, which has sold 124,000 copies and is the band's first no. 1, "is only the 12th independently distributed album to top the Billboard 200 chart since SoundScan began powering the list in May of…   Read Story »

Vampire Weekend continued their Contra goodwill tour by performing "Horchata" on Craig Ferguson yesterday, a week after offering "Cousins" to both Conan and Letterman. They did it with strings (via…   Read Story »

I don't know if the Very Best's people releasing the video for their track featuring Ezra Koenig during Vampire Week will maximize its promotional value or wash it out in the deluge of Contra-related…   Read Story »

They're seemingly everywhere at once, but actually they're just in one place this Vampire Week -- California, muse to Contra, where the band brought bells to Conan and played an album-release show at…   Read Story »