Idolator — While Nick Jonas travels the road as a solo artist and Kevin Jonas enjoys purity ring-free married life, Joe Jonas is keeping busy—the middle JoBro is one of a handful of celebrity guest stars in the new Vampire Weekend video for their single ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Yesterday we gave Vampire Weekend’s new video “Giving Up The Gun” a quick preview for you, but now the real thing is here. And, it is GREAT! It is a lot of fun to watch, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Most music video’s bore my to death, but this v... more info

Stereogum — Headline says it. Yesterday you saw photo and blurb that introduced this far-flung pop cultural consortium, today it materializes. What does it say about this band that somehow, despite being news to me when the internet grabbed a hold of it, this... more info

The Playlist — Update: The wacky new Vampire Weekend video has premiered today on Spinner and the novelty of the eclectic guest stars wears off pretty fast. The video is essentially a tennis match that slowly turns into something you might see in "Mario Tennis." An... more info

Nialler9 — How’s this for some Friday What The Fuckery? A Vampire Weekend tennis video featuring RZA as the umpire, Lil Jon as the coach, Jake Gyllenhaal, a Jonas Brother and their friend Jenny. If you were wondering how RZA and Lil Jon got involved he heard ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — The ear-candy that is Contra has certainly had all the success many thought it would, especially amongst the legions of (almost too) loyal Vampire Weekend fans. Whether you enjoy the album/band or not, the video Spinner premiered for "Giving Up The ... more info

Pop Candy — Happy, happy Friday to you! I'm so thrilled this week is almost over, though I still have a bunch of stuff on my list (and on my DVR). Isn't that always the way? more info

Gigwise — Ezra Koenig downplays their achievements... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Yes that is the the legendary, RZA, with one of my favorite bands. WHAT? Oh, and according to various sources, he is in their upcoming music video for “Giving Up The Gun”. So is Jake Gyllenhaal, Joe Jonas, RZA, and Lil Jon. I totally called that ... more info

Stereogum — Think Ghostface turned RZA on to Vampire Weekend? Probably. According to Anthem Magazine (via P4K), who talked to co-director Emmett Malloy (younger brother Brendan also directs), Ezra Koening came up with the video's tennis match concept on his o... more info