Vampire Weekend biography
EPs
- Vampire Weekend EP (2007)
- iTunes Session digital EP (2010)
Compilation tracks
Vampire Weekend contributed a cover of "Exit Music (For a Film)" for
Stereogum Presents... OKX: A Tribute to OK Computer (2007), a free tribute album celebrating 10 years of Radiohead's album
OK Computer. They have also covered "Everywhere" by Fleetwood Mac, "I'm Goin' Down" by Bruce Springsteen, "Have I the Right?" by The Honeycombs and "Ruby Soho" by Rancid.
The band also contributed the song "Ottoman" to the soundtrack to the 2008 film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. Ottoman was then taken and sampled by rapper Kid Cudi. Two tracks from their debut record also appeared in the 2009 comedy I Love You, Man. A new song, "Jonathan Low", was released on June 8, 2010, appearing on the soundtrack to the third installment of the Twilight Saga films, Eclipse.
Rostam Batmanglij has made a record with Wes Miles from Ra Ra Riot called Discovery, featuring Ezra Koenig on the track "Carby". Koenig is also featured on the song "Warm Heart of Africa" by The Very Best.
Popular culture and fashion
The ABC network comedy-drama series
Castle titled episode 6 of season 2, an episode set around Halloween and vampire imitators, "Vampire Weekend".
In January 2012, President Barack Obama added Vampire Weekend to a short list of musical artists that he sought support from for his re-election campaign. Vampire Weekend made it onto this list with Jay-Z, John Legend, and Alicia Keys.
Vampire Weekend's influential and signature "preppy" fashion sense was allegedly inspired by their friendship with LA fashion designer Bryn Lander, after whom their song "Bryn" was named. This relationship is not unlike that between Astrid Kirchherr and the Beatles (whose famous hair cuts are rumored to be Astrid's idea).
As homage to her influence in their style and the style of bands that followed them, Vampire Weekend's song "Bryn" is now being used to launch Bryn Lander's latest fashion boutique.
References
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