Before Vampire Weekend, Ezra had L'Homme Run, a rap act that had a song called "Giving Up Da Gun," which was recently removed from their new MySpace. And the new VW LP has a song called "Giving Up The Gun."... CONTINUE READING IS CONTRA'S "GUN" OLD L'HOMME RUN?»
Posted on October 6, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Ezra Koenig | L'Homme Run | Vampire Weekend
"It's always been one of my favorite drinks," VW's singer tells NME. "I don't know if you can find much Horchata in England, it's a sweet Mexican rice drink, usually served cold." Also: "The percussionist who plays a bunch of... CONTINUE READING EZRA TALKS "HORCHATA"»
Posted on October 6, 2009 (5 comments)
Tags: Ezra Koenig | Mauro Refosco | Vampire Weekend
NAME: Vampire Weekend PROGRESS REPORT: Turning in their second album, Contra. Recorded at Treefort Studios in Brooklyn and Topetitud in Mexico City. Yesterday was officially XL Recordings' due date for Vampire Weekend's second album Contra. After writing songs pretty much... CONTINUE READING PROGRESS REPORT: VAMPIRE WEEKEND»
Posted on October 1, 2009 in (14 comments)
Tags: Ezra Koenig | Rostam Batmanglij | Vampire Weekend | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Radioclit and Esau Mwamwaya, aka the Very Best, made their NYC live debut in the Village on Saturday night. The guys didn't get started until sometime after 1AM, so you actually could have made it from Siren to Le Poisson... CONTINUE READING THE VERY BEST @ LE POISSON ROUGE, NYC 7/18/09»
Posted on July 20, 2009 in , , (2 comments)
Tags: Esau Mwamwaya | Ezra Koenig | Jay-Z | Radioclit | The Very Best | Vampire Weekend
Earlier today we posted a link to "Ntende Uli," the first single Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit's post-mixtape debut full-length Warm Heart of Africa. A few hours later, here's the album's title track, featuring Ezra Koenig. Of course Koenig and his... CONTINUE READING NEW VERY BEST (FEAT. EZRA KOENIG) - "WARM HEART OF AFRICA"»
Posted on June 18, 2009 in (5 comments)
Tags: Esau Mwamwaya | Ezra Koenig | Radioclit | The Very Best | Vampire Weekend