Stereogum — What does “indie” even mean anymore? Not a whole lot, according to Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig and Carles, the erstwhile proprietor of famed indie blog Hipster Runoff. The Fader facilitated an scare-quote-filled email conversation between the... more info

Stereogum — Time Crisis, Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig’s Beats 1 Radio show, is usually not the place to go if you’re looking for some kind of big scoop. Usually, Koenig and his famous-musician guests just bullshit amiably about whatever’s on their ... more info

Stereogum — Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio just released his very enjoyable debut solo album, The Names, so he stopped by Seth Meyers last night to perform the dancey highlight “Sister Of Pearl.” He was backed by Guards’ Loren Humphrey and Delta Spirit... more info

Stereogum — After a couple of EPs and a few years of solo work under his belt, Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio has finally arrived at his debut album, The Names. We’ve been getting very season-appropriate singles all summer long — “Brainwash yyrr Face,” �... more info

Stereogum — As soon as it was announced that the first proper band appearing on Stephen Colbert’s version of the Late Show would be a mysterious Paul Simon tribute act called Troubled Waters, it was kind of assumed to be a joke. Maybe it was a reunited Pavemen... more info

Stereogum — For the past year or so, musical genius Chilly Gonzales has been hosting a video series called Pop Music Masterclass for German radio station WDR 1Live where he deconstructs popular songs from artists like Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Daft Punk, and looks... more info

Stereogum — Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig’s Beats 1 Radio show Time Crisis has been one of the most reliably entertaining things about the station since it launched earlier this summer. Thus far on the show, he’s had deeply diverting conversations wit... more info

Stereogum — Our apologies for not being more up on the teenage-movie soundtrack-album world, but the soundtrack for the new drama Paper Towns has been out for a few weeks, and it looks pretty great. The album includes some great previously-released songs from pe... more info

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