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
To recap: Rostam from Vampire Weekend and Wes from Ra Ra Riot joined laptops and R&B predilections, invited their buddies Ezra and Angel for a couple of tracks, and turned out a really fun summer LP. We happen to love... CONTINUE READING JOIN US FOR A DISCOVERY LISTENING PARTY IN NYC»
Posted on June 22, 2009 (6 comments)
Tags: Discovery | Ra Ra Riot | Rostam Batmanglij | Vampire Weekend | Wes Miles
Overlapping waves of hype and backlash behind them, Vampire Weekend have moved on to the business of making new music. Except that they been had making new music since the halcyon Vampire Weekend days. We first heard "White Sky" on... CONTINUE READING VAMPIRE WEEKENDERS PREPPING SECOND ALBUM, SIDE PROJECT WITH RA RA RIOT »
Posted on April 23, 2009 in (39 comments)
Tags: Discovery | Ra Ra Riot | Rostam Batmanglij | Vampire Weekend | Wes Miles
The blogger-mandatory track post that Chris Walla didn't get around to yesterday was this cut of "Campus" in its pre-Vampire Weekend form (and so we fired Chris Walla). The song credit goes to Rostam Batmanglij (The Crazy Scarf Loving One),... CONTINUE READING VAMPIRE WEEKEND KEYBOARDIST LEAKS ORIGINAL "CAMPUS"»
Posted on May 21, 2008 in (53 comments)
Tags: Rostam Batmanglij | Vampire Weekend
