Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend is an American indie rock band from New York City, that
formed in 2006 and signed to XL Recordings. The band has four members: Ezra
Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Tomson, and Chris Baio. The band released its
first album Vampire Weekend in 2008, which produced the singles "Mansard
Roof", "A-Punk", "Oxford Comma" and "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa". The ... read more

Five new artists to look out for at the Great Escape

The Black Belles, Spoek Mathambo, Devin, Django Django and Willis Earl Beal are all set to appear at the Great Escape in Brighton in MayTHE BLACK BELLESNeed to know: All-...
Posted 29 April 12.05am — Comment on this

Vampire Weekend's Chris Baio debuts solo EP - listen

Joe Goddard signing reveals 'Tanto' ahead of Lovebox festival DJ slot
Posted 19 April 12.15pm — Comment on this

Jonquil: Point of Go – review

(Blessing Force)From the Oxford scene that begat Foals, Jonquil were, until last year, a shoegazing sextet with two albums to their credit. Now a fourpiece, they've conde...
Posted 8 March 9.45pm — Comment on this

Electric Guest

Is it honest homage or is it pastiche? Who knows: but this hipster take on cheese could be the next big thingHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Asa Taccone and Matthew Com...
Posted 7 March 5.39pm — Comment on this

Music News: 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival lineup announcement

The initial lineup of the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival has just been announced! On Friday, July 13 through Sunday, July 15, a whole host of indie bands take to the field...
Posted 28 February 10.30pm — Comment on this

Pitchfork festival to include Vampire Weekend, Feist, God Speed You! Black Emperor

Vampire Weekend, Feist, Hot Chip and Godspeed You! Black Emperor will be among the performers July 13-15 when the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival returns for its seventh ye...
Posted 28 February 5.34pm — Comment on this

Gorillaz – DoYaThing

A new song from Gorillaz? With super-stellar collaborators? Amazing. Or not, as the case may be So far Converse's Three Artists. One Song project has given us the hip-hop...
Posted 23 February 3.05pm — Comment on this

Watch The Trailer For DOSA HUNT, Starring Members Of Vampire Weekend, Neon Indian, Das Racist, Yeasayer, Vijay Iyer

Since last summer, our Amrit Singh has been putting together an independent short film called Dosa Hunt, with Das Racist’s Himanshu Suri and Ashok Kondabolu, Vampir...
Posted 14 February 5.45pm — Comment on this

New band of the day – No 1,186: Peace

This Birmingham band's ambitious Afro-pop suggests Wu Lyf's frontman has suddenly hijacked Vampire WeekendHometown: Birmingham.The lineup: Harrison Koisser (vocals, guita...
Posted 16 January 4.59pm — Comment on this

Velvet Underground moves to protect iconic Banana Album design

New York band launch lawsuit after reading Andy Warhol Foundation had agreed to license design for Apple productsNew York rock group, the Velvet Underground, took legal a...
Posted 11 January 11.58pm — Comment on this

Grand Facolner

Buzz Track: Midwest We really like the track Midwest by indie folk group Grand Falconer. The band typically performs at The Venue, and The Red Room in Boise and have shar...
Posted 7 November 2011 3.51pm — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played Vampire Weekend songs in the past year.

  • A-punk  306 plays
  • Oxford Comma  113 plays
  • Holiday  2 plays

Played on

Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Vampire Weekend over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 00s 370 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 51 plays

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