Stereogum — Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio has been releasing music under his last name for years now, and in 2015 he finally put out his debut album, The Names . He's following that up with his sophomore record, called Man Of The World, at the end of the m... more info

Stereogum — At the beginning of last year, Rostam Batmanglij announced that he was leaving Vampire Weekend to focus on his solo career. Since then, he's shared a couple of songs and put out an entire album with the Walkmen's Hamilton Leithauser, and now he's off... more info

Obscure Sound — With a sound steeped in dreamy harmonies reminiscent of The Beach Boys, Grizzly Bear, and Vampire Weekend, Danke Shane is the very impressive solo project of Washington, D.C.’s Andrew Burke. The excellent “Cave In” sports a chorus that merges s... more info

DrownedInSound — “I never really thought, 'Oh yeah, gotta put out a solo project!'" more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Now tackling his solo career full on, former Vampire Weekend member Rostam will release his debut album later this year. He’s been teasing the release with new songs here and there, but the latest confirmation came with the new music video for “G... more info

Stereogum — XL Recordings label head Richard Russell's new project Everything Is Recorded is a focal point in this month's excellent New Yorker profile of the London-based label that's been responsible for the success of Adele, Vampire Weekend, the xx, and many... more info

Stereogum — It's been four years since the last Vampire Weekend album, and in that time, we've gotten solo projects from former producer Rostam, drummer Chris Tomson, and bassist Chris Baio, who's been releasing music under his last name for years and finally pu... more info

Sweeping The Nation — First things first, we realised we didn't get time to write a Recommends at the end of last week and then spent just as long putting the songs we wanted to write about on Twitter instead, so who's the real winner here? The Hayman Kupa Band a... more info

Consequence of Sound — It's still tentatively titled Mitsubishi Macchiato and "a lil more springtime" than the last LP. more info

Stereogum — We're all eagerly curious about a new Vampire Weekend album, doubly so because it'll be the first one without Rostam Batmanglij as a part of the band. Ezra Koenig just posted a short update on the progress of the new album in an Instagram post. H... more info