Live Daily — Indie rockers Vampire Weekend [ tickets ] have lined up a spring headlining outing in support of the band's forthcoming second album, "Contra," which is due in stores next week. After launching the album at a Jan. 12 listening party in Los Angeles... more info

NME — Plus band streaming new album in full online more info

The Red Radio — Vampire Weekend performed Cousins last night on Letterman. The new album, Contra, is due next week. Listen to the record in full over on the band's official site, here. more info

NME - The Video Blog — In the new issue Paul Stokes gives Vampire Weekend's new album 'Contra' a rave, 8/10 review, saying that it's "less immediate than its predecessor, but worth sticking with." And here's a blast of the album's lead-off track, 'Cousins', recorded last ... more info

Stereogum — A month shy of two years ago, Vampire Weekend made their network television debut on Letterman with "A-Punk." They returned last night bringing their punkest bit yet with "Cousins," a familial and frantic, ska-siphoned racer that always feels its ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Terry Riley Joanna Newsom is one of the announced acts for this year's Big Ears Fest in Knoxville, TN, March 26th-28th. Others on the initial lineup include Vampire Weekend, St. Vincent, the Calder Quartet, Andrew WK, The Ex, Gang Gang... more info

MTV.com News — Band's new LP is a musical melting pot, to fans' delight (and bookish critics' derision).By James Montgomery Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig Photo: MTV News Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig is the kind of guy who thinks really deeply about the ... more info

VH1 News — Vampire Weekend's new LP, Contra, is a musical melting pot, which kind of makes them like the girls you see in Kronos gyro ads. more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Once again, sorry about the video/Vampire Weekend CRAZE here. I cannot help it though, the lovely lads are all over the place! It is only 3 hours since the performance and someone has already uploaded their performance of Cousins on Letterman! How ab... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Vampire Weekend take “Horchata” to an entirely different level on their Juan’s Basement performance for pitchfork. No one can question their ability to play songs live, they always take it to the next level! If you missed it, they also did Whit... more info