Stereogum — Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio has been making precise electronic pop under his own name for a few years now, but he’s finally getting around to releasing a debut full-length this fall. We’ve heard two songs from The Names already, the thumpi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Baio w/ Vampire Weekend in Chicago in 2014 (more by James Richards IV) Vampire Weekend's Chris Baio is releasing the first-ever full length album for his solo project, Baio. It's called The Names, is due out... more info

Stereogum — Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig hosted his first Beats 1 radio show last night in a timeslot that he’ll alternate every other week with Pharrell’s show. It’s called Time Crisis and, for the debut episode, he brought along Mark Ronson, Rashida J... more info

Stereogum — All of the artist-hosted Beats 1 radio shows are probably the coolest part of Apple Music, and they already have Drake, Pharrell, Run The Jewels, St. Vincent, and a whole bunch of other people hosting shows. Now, as Pitchfork reports, they’ve just ... more info

Stereogum — Following last year’s demise of Brooklyn synthpop band Neighbors, founder Noah Stitelman returns with his new project Total Makeover and premieres”Different Shapes” off their upcoming self-titled EP. The band’s debut blends catchy electro pop... more info

Stereogum — Minneapolis’ Hippo Campus came onto the scene last fall with their debut EP Bashful Creatures, garnering comparisons to Vampire Weekend with their lack of guitar effects and vocalist Jake Luppen’s Koenig-esque yelping. With gigs opening for My Mo... more info

Stereogum — Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio announced in April that he will release his debut LP, The Names, this coming fall. We already heard the record’s first blustery pop single, “Brainwash yyrr Face,” and today, Baio has offered up a new taste of The ... more info

Stereogum — During Chromeo’s set at Governors Ball yesterday, Dave 1 announced “There’s this guitar riff I like to play sometimes, it’s like…” and played the unmistakable opening of Vampire Weekend’s “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.” After Dave played ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Governors Ball 2015 began yesterday, including Drake, St. Vincent, My Morning Jacket and more. During Chromeo's set, they brought their old pal, Vampire Weekend singer Ezra Koenig, to play VW's "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" into Chromeo's "Bonafide Lovin'... more info

Nialler9 — After a couple of EPs and singles, Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio returns to his solo dance project Baio for a full album entitled The Names due out on September 18th on Glassnote. ‘Brainwash Yyrr Face’ alternates between delicate Baio-sung verse... more info