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Meet Rostam, see Alela Diane, dance w/ BAIO (aka Chris Baio)

5050 days ago
Brooklyn VeganAt the Apple Store in SoHo Friday: "Join musician Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend for a talk about his projects, including his score for the film "Sound of My Voice." March 4, 7:00 p.m." Vampire Weekend's last release was... more info

(Goldmine Sacks) Week in Pop: Bass Drum of Death, Davila 666, Girls Names

5064 days ago
Impose MagazineWith almost every artist and band that you love putting an album out, 2011 is off to a year of great pop potential. Should you find yourself bummed because Arcade Fire and the Black Keys shut down Vampire Weekend at the Grammy’s, or freaked out by ... more info

XL Recordings, the record label that's tearing up the rule book

5065 days ago
Guardian MusicOnly sign artists you really like, give them free rein, have no regard for business . . . XL Recordings boss Richard Russell reveals the secrets of surviving in the music industryUnless you're an obsessive fan of Kicks Like a Mule's 1992 rave hit the... more info

Guards - Taxi Cab (Vampire Weekend Cover)

5067 days ago
Abeano To mark his first trip to the UK, Richie Follin aka Guards has put three covers up for download on his famous bandcamp page. Amongst them is this, an eerie reworking of Vampire Weekend’s ‘Taxi Cab.’ Transformed from its original delicate s... more info

Video: Ezra Koenig Somehow Magages To Make Dave Matthew's 'Crash' Even Worse

5067 days ago
Big Apple Music SceneIf we had to pick our least favorite song of all time it would probably be a tie between "Kumbaya," DMB's "Crash" and that new Britney Spears song we posted about a few weeks ago that caused everyone to get really pissed off and email us death threat... more info

Watch Ezra Koenig’s Passionate Cover Of Dave Matthews’ “Crash”

5067 days ago
StereogumLooks like “Crash” is going to be a significant influence on future Vampire Weekend material as soon as Ezra can figure out the chords. He recently posted this to YouTube with the comment “fuk the haters.” There’s more, because at Columbia... more info

Guards cover Metallica, M.I.A and Vampire Weekend

5068 days ago
Nialler9A free three-track covers EP from Guards which features radically-different huge reverb-heavy slow rock versions of songs by Metallica (‘Motorbreath’), Vampire Weekend (‘Taxi Cab’) and M.I.A (‘Born Free’). Guards is Richie Follin, brother... more info

Guards Release Free EP, Covering Vampire Weekend, Metallica, & M.I.A.

5068 days ago
We All Want Someone To Shout ForGuards just tweeted that they have a new free EP on bandcamp. It’s a digital 7″, 3 song EP consisting of covers that the band did. The songs that they covered are: Metallica’s “Motorbreath”, Vampire Weekends “Taxi Cab” and M.I.A.’s ... more info

New band of the day – No 956: Young Buffalo

5085 days ago
Guardian MusicThis Mississippi trio might look like low-expectation slackers, but their music offers glimpses of a band with ambitionHometown: Oxford, Mississippi.The lineup: Jim Barrett, Ben Yarbrough and Alex Von Hardberger.The background: Young Buffalo come fro... more info

Kanye West - Kanye Is Top Tweeter

5087 days ago
ContactMusicKANYE WEST has topped a new list of music tweeters, beating THE ROOTS UESTLOVE.Patrick Carney of The Black Keys and Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig also make the top five on website RollingStone.com. Diddy, The Streets' Mike Skinner and 50 Cent make th... more info

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