Thank god Vampire Weekend played Conan last night, that guy hasn't been in the headlines for ages now. Just kidding, shit is bananas over there. It's interesting how moving Leno to 10PM didn't kill…   Read Story »

You'll be seeing a lot of Vampire Weekend in the coming weeks. This is what's commonly referred to as an understatement. Contra's out tomorrow (1/12), the reviews are in, and so far the promo…   Read Story »

A month shy of two years ago, Vampire Weekend made their network television debut on Letterman with "A-Punk." They returned last night bringing their punkest bit yet with "Cousins," a familial and…   Read Story »

There's been plenty of pre-release hype, viral and otherwise. You've known the tracklist and backstory for a while. And after hearing "Horchata," "California English" (in two parts), "Cousins," and…   Read Story »

The New Yorker shadowed VMPRWKND as they shot a doc on Cali musicians. Their interview with DeLonge oddly turned into Tom pitching them Modlife, his artist-services site. After little luck, he asked:…   Read Story »

There could not have been a more apt ID3 than that of Freelance Hellraiser's "Stroke Of Genius," the MP3 that launched this decade's most fitting musical legacy. Parts of two or three or thirty…   Read Story »

Maybe it was these tough economic times -- the sinking music industry, everyone downloading shit for free, rising unemployment. Or perhaps folks just are getting stir crazy from lack of fresh air,…   Read Story »

Here's the relaxed, daydreaming pop of "White Sky," a song that fuses Vampire Weekend's new focus on not focusing on guitar with Ezra's understanding of how best to channel Paul Simon. It's…   Read Story »

The current crop of indie rock pinups have had their sartorial sensibilities played with by the New York Times already -- a couple of times! Fashion and buzz bands are highly bloggable bedfellows:…   Read Story »

We waited all yesterday for this to pop up on iTunes and it's finally arrived... No strangers to the tradition of benefit recordings -- see the "David Christmas" 7", "Year Of The Pig," etc. -- Fucked…   Read Story »