Unperturbed by a brief, borderline-hysterical backlash, Vampire Weekend went on to deliver two more albums, both of which hit Number One, with a fourth disc due this year. To mark the 10th ...

US indie stars debut 'Diane Young' and 'Ya Hey' during Saturday show at South By South West Returning US indie stars Vampire Weekend premiered two new tracks from their new album during their ...

Already one of the most talked-about and divisive records of the year, Vampire Weekend’s Afropop- and preppy-inflected debut is simple, jaunty, homespun, and—like the early albums from fellow ...

Vampire Weekend’s self-titled debut album entered and peaked on the Billboard 200 at No. 17 with 28,000 a little under two years ago. It has sold far sold 491,000 in the U.S. according to ...

Vampire Weekend performed their self-titled, 2008 debut album in full at their show in Ojai, California last night (June 16). Released in 2008, this year marks the 10th anniversary of the band’s ...

Two years ago, Vampire Weekend released its self'minus;titled debut album to widespread critical acclaim and immediate commercial success. On Jan. 12, the New York City'minus;based quartet's sophomore ...

Vampire Weekend, the New York band that went from buzz status to indie rock stand-bearers during the course of its debut album run, announced details of its follow-up, "Contra," on the band's own ...

Following a European tour opening for The Shins, the group released their self-titled debut in January 2008 ... hadn’t been explored by Vampire Weekend before, or other bands from the same time. The ...

Vampire Weekend have earned worldwide fans with their ... with their self titled, debut album charting at number 15 on the UK album charts. Their last album Modern Vampires Of The City went ...

Yet Ariel Rechtshaid, who co-produced the last three Vampire Weekend albums — and who’s also ... on the group’s self-titled 2008 debut, which came out in the wake of the New York garage ...

Bill Kelly While they’ve long danced along the line, it seems safe to say that in 2025, Vampire Weekend are a bona fide jamband. The trio’s ...

Ever analytical, Koenig mused that Vampire Weekend’s albums each reflected patron saints. He named Paul Simon for the band’s self-titled 2007 debut, Joe Strummer and Sublime for “Contra ...