Consequence Of Sound — The trio's fifth album features a heaviness never before heard on a Vampire Weekend album. Vampire Weekend’s Only God Was Above Us Is a Bitter Tour of the Past: Review Paolo Ragusa more info

JamBase — Vampire Weekend celebrated the release of their 'Only God Was Above Us' album with an afternoon solar eclipse concert at Austin's Moody Amphitheatre. more info

Stereogum — Vampire Weekend’s Only God Was Above Us album release show took place during the solar eclipse on Monday afternoon, outside at the Moody Amphitheatre in Austin, Texas. The entire show was livestreamed — if you’re a Veeps All Access Member,... more info

Stereogum — Vampire Weekend released their new album Only God Was Above Us on Friday, and over the weekend they took over SiriusXMU and did a live session, where they covered Grateful Dead and played some songs from OGWAU live for the first time. more info

Stereogum — Today millions of people across America and beyond are making their way to the path of totality, a strip of land across the United States where a full solar eclipse will be viewable this afternoon. Texas is an especially good viewing spot, which h... more info

Stereogum — Vampire Weekend released their new album Only God Was Above Us on Friday. This weekend, they took over the SiriusXMU channel and did a stripped-back live session where they covered Grateful Dead’s “Peggy-O” and did a few OGWAU songs live f... more info

JamBase — Release Day Picks this week highlight new albums by Khruangbin, The Black Keys, Vampire Weekend, Katie Pruitt, Phosphorescent, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, Circles Around The Sun & Mikaela Davis, Bartees Strange, Maggie Rose, Sinkane, Bryson T... more info

Consequence Of Sound — Next week, the band will kick off a supporting world tour. Vampire Weekend’s Only God Was Above Us Has Arrived: Stream Jo Vito more info

Stereogum — There were rules. Was there ever a manifesto? Not exactly, but Ezra Koenig at least gestured toward one. The idea was to establish some stylistic guardrails, to prevent Vampire Weekend from defaulting to easy rock-band tropes and to set them apart... more info

Chorus.fm — Vampire Weekend haves shared the new song “Mary Boone.” more info