The seventh annual iTunes Festival returns to London this fall with a number of top-name acts in tow. The fest — set to run every night of September at the Roundhouse in Camden — features more than 60 acts, including several new additions, among them Vampire Weekend, Kings of Leon, Paramore, Sigur Ros, Rizzle Kicks and Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi.
If you missed out on Boston Calling last weekend, don’t worry – you’ll have another chance to catch the festival this fall. The second installment of the fest is set to run from Sept. 7-8 at City Hall Plaza, and the lineup features an array of top-name acts, including co-headliners Vampire Weekend and Passion Pit.
This past weekend, Vampire Weekend appeared on ‘SNL’ to play a couple of new songs, and last night (May 13), they hit the stage of ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’ to perform a couple more: ‘Ya Hey’ (above) and the web-exclusive ‘Everlasting Arms’ (below).
As you probably already know, the guys in Vampire Weekend graduated from Columbia. They aren't poor. With their dapper, upper-crust fashion sense, it often looks like they just walked off the set of 'The Royal Tenenbaums.' And -- just in case you missed out while reading all the beard-stroking think-pieces about their position as indie-rock high-brow trend-setters -- they've also released two excellent LPs of springy, sophisticated pop. On their self-titled debut, frontman Ezra Keonig asked what's bound to be his tombstone punchline, "Who gives a f--- about an Oxford comma?" In retrospect, it sounds like pre-emptive self-defense. Vampire Weekend write great music -- who gives a f--- about their backstory?
The 'Modern Vampires' -- i.e. Vampire Weekend -- swarmed 'the City' (that'd be Manhattan) this past Saturday night (May 11), taking to the 'SNL' stage to perform two songs from their forthcoming album, 'Modern Vampires of the City.'
Vampire Weekend have dropped a lyric video for their track 'Ya Hey' from 'Modern Vampires of the City,' out May 14. But don't roll your eyes, since it's not just words on screen. It's actually a visually interesting clip that presents itself like an atrsy commercial you'd see in Europe.
Last night (April 28), Vampire Weekend took the stage of NYC’s Roseland Ballroom for a highly anticipated show as part of American Express Unstaged concert series. The gig featured two brand-new songs and was broadcast to the masses via a live webcast directed by actor Steve Buscemi. Watch the NYC indie gents perform ‘Obvious Bicycle’ (above) and ‘Everlasting Arms’ (below).
If they can stop palling around with Steve Buscemi for five minutes, Vampire Weekend will play 'SNL.'
Bobby Womack is one year cancer-free, and he's going to celebrate with thousands of friends. (Including Damon Albarn.)
"Do you remember when you first fell in love with Easter," Vampire Weekend's Chris Baio asks actor Steve Buscemi in a new promo video (watch above) for the band's upcoming American Express Unstaged live webcast, which Busemi will direct. Buscemi oddly waxes nostalgic about the holiday -- "I couldn't sleep the night before, thinking about how many eggs I was gonna get," he recalls -- and the whole thing comes across as pretty awkward and totally random, much like the entire Buscemi/Vampire Weekend association, which started when he appeared with the band at this year's Easter parade in New York City.
Last month, Vampire Weekend recruited Steve Buscemi to march with them in an Easter parade, and now, the band has teamed up with the acclaimed actor for a bowling adventure at Melody Lanes in Brooklyn, N.Y.
