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

Consequence Of Sound — The song features kaleidoscopic synths, an angelic choir, and a drum beat sampled from a Soul II Soul track. Vampire Weekend Release New Single “Mary Boone”: Stream Paolo Ragusa more info

Stereogum — We’re now just eight days away from the release of Only God Was Above Us, Vampire Weekend’s first album in five years. And as of today, the band has shared 40% of the album as advance singles. After dropping “Capricorn” and “Gen-X Cops�... more info

Consequence Of Sound — "The truth is, this is very premature because that band is still hashing out its sound. I don’t want to say too much.” Vampire Weekend Tease “Punky,” “Jammy” Side Project Wren Graves more info