With the Iowa caucuses just days away, Vampire Weekend performed Saturday at a rally in support of Bernie Sanders. The band showed their support for the Democratic hopeful at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, delivering a set that featured cover of Thin Lizzy’s 1976 hit “The Boys are …
Read More »Travis Scott, Billie Eilish, Vampire Weekend Lead Atlanta's Music Midtown Fest
Travis Scott, Billie Eilish, Vampire Weekend and Panic! at the Disco headline the 2019 Music Midtown festival, invading Atlanta‘s Piedmont Park on September 14th and 15th. Lizzo, Charlie Puth, Lord Huron, Tash Sultana, Kali Uchis, Walk The Moon, Quinn XCII, Banks, Local Natives, MØ, Jaden Smith and Sigrid are also …
Read More »Review: Vampire Weekend's Modern California Pop Masterpiece 'Father of the Bride'
At 18 songs in under an hour, Vampire Weekend‘s first album in six years sounds at first like a manic effort to make up lost time. Singer-guitarist Ezra Koenig, the band’s composer-lyricist and a co-producer on virtually every track, has stuffed his hooks and bridges with so many change-ups in …
Read More »Watch Vampire Weekend Cover Post Malone's 'Sunflower'
Although Vampire Weekend recently released a new single called “Sunflower,” the New York group elected to perform a cover of Post Malone‘s track of the same name during their BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge session. This low-key version transforms Post Malone’s pop-ready number into a vibe-y indie rock tune, stripping …
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