Vampire Weekend were on Saturday Night Live last night, performing "Diane Young," which you can watch here and "Unbelievers," which you can watch here. Their fantastic new record Modern Vampires of the City hits stores this Tuesday, and don't forget to check out my review of the album.
Vampire Weekend's performance last night at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC was broadcast live on Youtube, but if you missed it you can check out the entire concert in the replies.
You may have heard that Vampire Weekend will be performing at New York City's Roseland Ballroom on April 28th, which will be live streamed as well as having the webcast directed by Steve Buscemi. Well, you can check out the first promo video for that event featuring Buscemi and the band in the replies.
Vampire Weekend's "Unstaged" live stream concert will be directed by actor/director Steve Buscemi (Reservoir Dogs, The Big Lebowski, Boardwalk Empire).
Vampire Weekend will kick off the 2013 season of American Express UNSTAGED, in partnership with VEVO and YouTube, with a livestream of their Roseland Ballroom performance on April 28th at 9pm ET/6pm PT/2am GMT. The stream will be directed by award-winning actor and director Steve Buscemi and can be seen live from the closing night of Tribeca Film Festival at amexunstaged.com.
The line-up for Lollapalooza 2013 has been announced. The festival will feature The Cure, Mumford & Sons, The Killers, Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, The Postal Service, Vampire Weekend, New Order and more. Check out the full line-up in the replies.
Longitude Festival has announced its debut line up. The festival is in its first year and is in Marlay Park, Dublin, Ireland and is running from July 19 - 21. The line up features Modest Mouse, Vampire Weekend and loads more. Head to replies to see the full line up.
Vampire Weekend have released the title of their third LP in a unique way. The band placed an ad in The New York Times classified section revealing the title of their new album, Modern Vampires of The City. The band will release their new album on May 7th, 2013 via XL Recordings.
Track Listing
01) Obvious Bicycle
02) Unbelievers
03) Step
04) Diane Young
05) Don't Lie
06) Hannah Hunt
07) Everlasting Arms
08) Finger Back
09) Worship You
10) Ya Hey
11) Hudson
12) Young Lion
Head here to watch Vampire Weekend play a new track titled "Unbelievers" on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The song is thought to be featured on their forthcoming record.
You can watch the trailer to indie film Dosa Hunthere, which features members of Yeasayer, Das Racist, Neon Indian, Vampire Weekend, and Amrit from Stereogum.
Listen to Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend) cover Paul Simon's track "Papa Hobo" in the replies. The song is featured on the soundtrack to the film Ceremony.
Cults will release their debut album, produced by Shane Stoneback (Vampire Weekend, M.I.A.), on May 30. Head to the replies for their forthcoming UK tour dates and check out their recent 7" release on their Bandcamp page.
You can watch the new Vampire Weekend video for "Giving Up The Gun" over at Spinner.com. The video features Jake Gyllenhaal, Lil Jon, Joe Jonas, and RZA of Wu-Tang Clan.
Vampire Weekend's new album Contra debuted as the top-selling album on the Billboard charts last week, selling over 124,000 copies. It is only the 12th independently distributed album to hit number 1.
