vampire weekend

Vampire Weekend will play under the stars, outdoors in August of 2020. We'll take it!

Vampire Weekend's self-titled debut from January 2008 was heralded as the best of the year and compared to industry heavy hitters — even before its release.

"I wanted to let ppl kno I’m no longer a member of VW," Batmanglij wrote, "but that Ezra and I will continue to collaborate on future projects."

This year's Sasquatch! Music Festival kicked off with a bang! Well ... OK, the weather wasn't exactly cooperative, as it rained on Friday and most of Monday, but that didn't stop thousands upon thousands of concertgoers from enjoying four days (May 24-27) of awesome music at the Gorge Amphitheater, one of the most beautiful venues in the country. Among the acts on hand were Vampire Weekend, Mackle

Vampire Weekend have posted a lyric video for their new song "Ya Hey", a track from their forthcoming LP 'Modern Vampires of the City', due out on May 14. Hear the song and see the video here:

It's been nearly three years since we've heard new music from Vampire Weekend, but the wait is finally over. The band has premiered two news songs -- 'Diane Young,' the first single off their forthcoming 'Modern Vampires of the City' album, and 'Step,' another cut from the disc -- ahead of the May 7 release date, and you can listen to both in their entirety here.

The Hold Steady‘s Craig Finn and Tad Kubler, Vampire Weekend‘s Chris Tomson and singer-songwriter Cass McCombs are among the musicians on board to perform during Move Me Brightly, a Jerry Garcia tribute concert that will be streaming live from TRI Studios tonight (Friday, Aug. 3) at 6:30PM PST / 9:30PM ET. The late Grateful Dead legend would have turned 70 today this week, and Dead guitarist Bob W

Two weeks ago we learned that Vampire Weekend were “80 percent” done with their first album since 2010′s ‘Contra.’ On Thursday (July 12), the band felt comfortable enough with one of them to give the song its debut at the House of Blues in Cleveland, Ohio.

Vampire Weekend fans have been waiting patiently for a new full-length album since the release of ‘Contra’ in 2010. According to frontman Ezra Koenig, they may not have to wait much longer.