After their first full performance in nearly a year at SXSW last night, Vampire Weekend released two new tracks from their upcoming third-studio album, Modern Vampires of the City. The first track, “Diane Young” is an upbeat and distorted rock driven song, even by Vampire Weekend standards. The group’s production, detuned vocals, and sampling may […]
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STREAM: Vampire Weekend’s new songs, “Diane Young” and “Step”
March 18th, 2013 
Mike Sacchetti 
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Vampire Weekend Reveal Basically Everything (Release Date! Artwork! Tour Dates!) About Their Upcoming Third LP ‘Modern Vampires Of The City’
February 4th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Yep, that’s really the title. While all other news is going to pale in comparison to Fall Out Boy’s return, there are other things happening in the music world that we should probably still report on. Like this. Brooklyn indie rock standard bearers Vampire Weekend have finally fully fleshed out the details for their upcoming […]
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January 21st, 2013 Dayton O'Connor The morning is still young and it’s already a huge day for indie music. First there was positive confirmation that The Postal Service was indeed getting back together in 2013. No news on whether or not the bedroom electronic duo will be playing Coachella as originally rumored. But I mean, come on. Now another bit of news […]
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November 1st, 2012 Dan Bogosian Jimmy Kimmel Live was recorded in Brooklyn this week, weathering the storm that was Sandy. They had a number of New York City based acts and guests on the show, including indie rockers Vampire Weekend, who premiered a new song, “Unbelievers”, on the show last night. They did so dressed for Halloween, looking ridiculous in the process. […]
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January 12th, 2011 Tori Thomas On The Colbert Report last night, he had Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig & The Black Keys on the show to see who should get his vote for Best Alternative Album. Check the clip from the show after the jump!
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Vampire Weekend in Trouble
July 28th, 2010 Grant Trimboli Renowned entertainment lawyer Dina Lapolt weighs in on Vampire Weekend’s “Contra-versy”
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Converse Ad Song Featuring Kid Cudi
July 8th, 2010 Matth Converse has teamed up with Kid Cudi, Rostram Batmangilj, and Bethany Cosentino to create a song for their new ads coming out. Listen to it after the jump.
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March 1st, 2010 Grant Trimboli Vampire Weekend will be the musical guests on Saturday Night Live on March 6th, which will be hosted by Zach Galifianakis.
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January 9th, 2010 James Shotwell Head over to MTV’s website to enjoy an Unplugged set from Vampire Weekend. Their new albu,. Contra, is in stores this month.
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December 5th, 2009 Chris Courtesy: Pitchfork He’s already collaborated with MGMT and Ratatat and big-upped Band of Horses, so it’s no surprise to find even more evidence that Cleveland upstart rapper Kid Cudi is an indie rock head, on his new track “Cudderisback”. There’s still a pleasant frisson to hearing Cudi rapping over the skeletal intro to “Ottoman”, Vampire […]
Vampire Weekend play new Contra material
November 2nd, 2009 Chris Courtesy: Pitchfork Slowly but surely, Vampire Weekend’s hotly anticipated sophomore album Contra is coming together. The LP isn’t due until January 12 (via XL), but we’ve already heard “Horchata”, the busy and uptight first single and album opener, and we’ve linked to footage of the band playing album tracks “White Sky” and forthcoming single “Cousins”. […]
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