“We got on the phone with them and they basically wanted not a bad pop song, but kind of a… They played me references and stuff for what they were looking for, and they already had some lyrics,” ...

Editor's note: This page has been updated to include more of the conversation between Bob Boilen and Ezra Koenig. Ezra Koenig spends a lot of his time thinking about, well, time. For the past 10 years ...

Vampire Weekend included 'Campus' as part of their breakthrough debut album, but the original version, composed by Rostam, was never finished.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Goldenvoice gave festivalgoers a little treat on Tuesday when the organizers behind its Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival ...

Midway through Vampire Weekend‘s night at the Hollywood Bowl on Wednesday, singer-guitarist Ezra Koenig paused to remind, or perhaps inform, fans in the packed amphitheater of the night’s special ...

9:09 a.m. Oct. 9, 2024: An earlier version of this article referred incorrectly to Chris Baio as Vampire Weekend’s drummer. The band’s drummer is Chris Tomson. The members of Vampire Weekend are very ...

The new Vampire Weekend album is both a comeback and a repudiation. The band’s first album in six years, Father of the Bride jumbles tropes and references with characteristic density. In today’s ...